casinos

Khaled formed armed gangs to run casinos

Expelled Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan made crores of Taka running “casinos” at sporting clubs and through illegal drug trade, extortion and tender manipulation, Rab told a Dhaka court yesterday.

Bangladesh Bank heist trail goes cold in Manila as probes falter

More than three months have passed since $81 million was stolen in a brazen cyber-heist from Bangladesh's central bank and sent to Manila - yet authorities in the Philippines appear no closer to nabbing those who laundered most of the money through a bank and casinos.

BB heist: WB for including casinos in Philippines dirty money law

The Philippines must make sure casinos are covered by anti-money laundering legislation, the World Bank says, joining calls for the government to better regulate its gambling industry after stolen millions from Bangladesh found their way to Manila.

BB hackers ‘possibly Chinese,’ says Philippines senator

Chinese hackers are possibly behind one of the world's biggest cyber heists, the theft of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank, a senator in the Philippines says.

$34M of stolen BB fund can still be recovered: Philippines Senate chief

The government can recover 40 percent, or about $34 million, of the $81 million stolen by hackers from Bangladesh’s central bank and laundered through the Philippine banking system, the country’s Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto says.

BB Cyber Heist / $46m flew into Manila casinos

More than half of the $81 million Bangladesh Bank's money, which ended up in the Philippines through hacking, went to local casinos

September 28, 2019
September 28, 2019

Khaled formed armed gangs to run casinos

Expelled Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan made crores of Taka running “casinos” at sporting clubs and through illegal drug trade, extortion and tender manipulation, Rab told a Dhaka court yesterday.

May 24, 2016
May 24, 2016

Bangladesh Bank heist trail goes cold in Manila as probes falter

More than three months have passed since $81 million was stolen in a brazen cyber-heist from Bangladesh's central bank and sent to Manila - yet authorities in the Philippines appear no closer to nabbing those who laundered most of the money through a bank and casinos.

April 11, 2016
April 11, 2016

BB heist: WB for including casinos in Philippines dirty money law

The Philippines must make sure casinos are covered by anti-money laundering legislation, the World Bank says, joining calls for the government to better regulate its gambling industry after stolen millions from Bangladesh found their way to Manila.

April 6, 2016
April 6, 2016

BB hackers ‘possibly Chinese,’ says Philippines senator

Chinese hackers are possibly behind one of the world's biggest cyber heists, the theft of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank, a senator in the Philippines says.

March 31, 2016
March 31, 2016

$34M of stolen BB fund can still be recovered: Philippines Senate chief

The government can recover 40 percent, or about $34 million, of the $81 million stolen by hackers from Bangladesh’s central bank and laundered through the Philippine banking system, the country’s Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto says.

March 12, 2016
March 12, 2016

$46m flew into Manila casinos

More than half of the $81 million Bangladesh Bank's money, which ended up in the Philippines through hacking, went to local casinos