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The Hallmark-Sonali Bank loan scam is a massive loan fraud that took place in Bangladesh between 2010 and 2012. State owned Sonali Bank's Ruposhi Bangla Hotel branch lent over 35 billion Bangladeshi taka ($454 million as of 2011) based on falsified documents. Little-known company Hallmark Group received the majority, nearly Tk 27bn ($344M ...
The Bangladesh Bank robbery, also known colloquially as the Bangladesh Bank cyber heist, [1] was a theft that took place in February 2016. Thirty-five fraudulent instructions were issued by security hackers via the SWIFT network to illegally transfer close to US$1 billion from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York account belonging to Bangladesh ...
Even though Swiss National Bank (SNB)'s data published on 29 June 2017 shows that Bangladesh has BDT 4423,00,00,00,000 in Swiss banks which is an increase by 20% since 2013–14, [33] [34] Bangladesh's minister of finance Abul Mal Abdul Muhit said that "Media exaggerated rise of Bangladeshi deposit in Swiss banks" [35] [36]
BASIC Bank Limited is one of seven state owned banks in Bangladesh. [9] In 2016 the finance minister in a statement described the state of the bank as weak due to graft by top officials of the bank and would require some time for improvement. [10] Sonali Bank UK Ltd and other international banks had censured Basic bank over irregularities. [11]
In 2016, the Bangladesh Bank confirmed the unit has been made autonomous. [7] In September 2021, the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit sent letters to banks requesting the bank details of 11 elected journalist leaders from Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists, Dhaka Reporters Unity, Dhaka Union of Journalists, and the National Press Club.
Billion Dollar Heist is a 2023 feature-length documentary that explores the 2016 Bangladesh Bank robbery. The bank robbery is described by multiple film reviewers as "one of the biggest financial crimes in history". [2] [3] The film is slightly dramatized, and compares the hackers to the hackers in Ocean's Eleven. [2]
Bangladesh Bank is the central bank of Bangladesh and the chief regulatory authority in the banking sector. According to the Bangladesh Bank Order, 1972 the Government of Bangladesh reorganized the Dhaka Branch of the State Bank of Pakistan as the central bank of the country and named it Bangladesh Bank with retrospective effect from 16 ...
Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited recovered 350 million taka from The Farmers Bank Limited on 1 November 2017 after the bank refused twice to allow them access to the funds. [8] The Bank sought support from Bangladesh Bank due to a liquidity crisis. [8] Bangladesh Bank refused to help until there was a change in the board of ...