CID team visits BB, collects info on cyber heist
UNB
On the first day of its inquiry into the $101 heist of Bangladesh Bank, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police yesterday quizzed the central bank officials and collected various information from computers of its server, reports UNB
The hackers swindled out the amount from the Bangladesh Banks account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York last month. The sensational heist surfaced after a Philippines newspaper published a report on it.
The CID was given the onus of investigation into the incident after the central bank filed a case with Motijheel Police Station in the city on Tuesday afternoon. Later, the case was shifted to the CID in the evening.
Briefing reporters at the CID headquarters, its Special Super (Organised Crimes) Abdullahel Baki said the information gathered from the BB officials and employees will be scrutinised to ascertain whether anyone of them was involved in the scam.
Replying to a question, he said the investigators did not interrogate the BB officials considering them as suspects; rather they were questioned taking into consideration that they might provide some information in this regard.
Well also collect information from the computers of the server, he added.
Baki said around 20 CID officials have been involved in the investigation process and each official has been assigned with different task.
More officials may be assigned if necessary, he added.
The CID Special Super also noted that the assigned officials tried to identify if there was any default weakness in the process.
The investigators will also visit three other countries the USA, the Philippines and Sri Lanka -- involved in the scam.
If necessary, well also communicate with other agencies, including Interpol, maintaining necessary formalities, he said.
Replying to another query, Baki said the present and formal BB officials might be interrogated for the sake of investigation.
