Muhith says BB heist probe report won’t be shared with anyone

Finance Minister AMA Muhith said that  Bangladesh will not share the probe report on Bangladesh Bank heist with any one. 

He said that  it is an internal matter of Bangladesh.

The minister  made the comment while talking to reporter at the secretariat on Sunday afternoon.

The statement came few hours after Reuters reported Philippines Rizal Commercial Bank Corporation wants to see Bangladesh Bank probe report on heist money. 

 “The probe report cannot be given to RCBC because it is an internal matter of Bangladesh,” Muhith said.

Earlier on the day, Reuters reported :  the Philippine government wants Bangladesh to share the findings of its investigation into how unknown hackers pulled off one of the world`s largest cyber bank heists, to help speed up recovery of the stolen funds.

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez, who last week met with a Bangladesh delegation, said Manila “strongly recommended” Dhaka share the results of its investigation. He assured the visitors the government was doing it everything it could to find Bangladesh`s missing money. Cyber criminals tried to steal nearly $1 billion from Bangladesh Bank in February and made off with $81 million via an account at the New York Federal Reserve. That money was transferred to four accounts with false names at one RCBC branch in Manila before vanishing.

“We are pursuing the lawsuits on your behalf as vigorously as we can,” Dominguez was quoted in a statement as telling the delegation.