Philippines authorities handed over $15.25 million in cash to a visiting BB team in Manila on Friday, BB Deputy Governor Raji Hasan told the Dhaka Tribune on Saturday afternoon.
The team will deposit the money in the Federal Reserve Bank within a day or two, he added.
Also read- Bangladesh close to recovering $15m
In one of the biggest cyber heists in history, hackers tried to steal nearly $1bn from Bangladesh Bank’s account.
They managed to transfer $81m to four accounts at Manila’s Rizal Commercial Banking Corp, which was then laundered through the city’s casinos, investigators said.
Only about $18m of the fund, including $2.7m frozen by the Philippines’ casino regulator, has been accounted for.
A Philippine court in September adjudged that Bangladesh Bank was the rightful owner of around $15 million surrendered by casino boss Kim Wong and his Eastern Hawaii Leisure Company, Reuters reported.
Thursday, June 04, 2026
