Bangladesh Robbery: 10 million found in casinos in the Philippines

A few months ago one of the biggest online heists took place with a loot of 81 million dollars in of Bangladesh. Oi or the hacker managed to breach the security system for Worldwide Interbank Telecommunication (SWIFT) by transferring the money outside the bank to other accounts.

Immediately after the February robbery through SWIFT, others followed. SWIFT officials accused the Bangladesh bank of lax security and threatened to stop support that do not improve their defenses.casino

Despite the warning, as mentioned above, the attackers managed to "raise" 10 million dollars from Ukraine in June and August.

Nowadays, Reuters reports that some of Bangladesh's robbery money was found at a casino in the Philippines.

A Philippine court ruled in September that this money belongs to the bank of Bangladesh.

These funds were handed over by the operator of the Eastern Hawaii Leisure Company casino and the manager of Kim Wong.

Kim Wong said the money came from two Chinese high-rollers.

Philippine Ambassador to the Philippines, John Gomes, told Reuters that he would be spending more money:

"Now that the process for this $ 10 million issue is more or less complete, we will go for the rest."

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