In the coming week, Bangladesh’s central bank chief will meet with the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as well as a senior representative from Swift – the global provider of secure financial messaging services – in efforts to reclaim the $81m that was stolen by hackers in a cyber-heist in February. According to Reuters, two Bangladesh Bank officials claimed that the bank considers both the NY Fed and Swift to bear some of the responsibility for the $81m heist. Fazle Kabir, Bangladesh bank’s governor is slated to meet an unnamed Swift representative and NY Fed president William Dudley in Basel, Switzerland around 10 May.
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ORIGINAL SOURCE: International Business Times