Mysteries remain: Nearly eight months after the Bangladesh central bank cyber heist, investigations appear to have run up against a brick wall.
MANILA: The FBI is negotiating with a former branch manager of a Philippines bank for information relating to US$81mil (RM333mil) that she handled after it was stolen from the Bangladesh central bank's account at the New York Federal Reserve, her lawyer said.
Federal Bureau of Investigation officials have presented a "proffer", or proposal, to the branch manager, Maia Deguito, to tell them all she knows about who received the money, the attorney, Ferdinand Topacio, told Reuters.
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