Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said he was hopeful of the return of some of the money cyber criminals stole from Bangladesh Bank in February as the Philippines government had indicated extending all necessary cooperation.
“They have told us that...they are taking legal steps,” he said, adding that the credibility of the Philippines and their financial institutions was at stake.
He had led a delegation during a visit to the country on Saturday and met two cabinet members and the senate president, says a law ministry press release.
On Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), the four Manila branch accounts of which were used to transfer the stolen $81 million and then laundered through casinos, must return the rest of the money, he told journalists at his secretariat office.
He said they placed their demand to the finance minister as the central bank of that country had fined the RCBC $21 million.