Bangladesh Bank has rejected claims of a new heist of foreign exchange reserves which is reported by an Indian news portal.
In an statement The Bangladesh Bank stated, 'An Indian newspaper published news regarding reserve heist of Bangladesh. This is to inform everyone that it is absolutely fake news. We have a three-tier confirmation policy with the US Federal Reserve now and have regular reconciliation of transactions.'
The Indian news agency published the article titled 'Are Indian hackers behind this month’s Bangladesh Bank heist involving billions?' saying that some unidentified suspected Indian hackers used digital ways to extract billions of dollars of foreign exchange reserves from the central bank of Bangladesh about a week ago. 'At least three officials familiar with the heist confirmed the matter to that Indian portal,' the news agency said.
The report says, 'While the sources were chary to disclose the amount sucked out of Bangladesh Bank, they confirmed that Indian and Bangladesh authorities, including the security agencies of the two countries were aware of the “sensational” heist and were “quietly” probing the crime.'
Notably, the news agency did not disclosed any clear information about the heist and the source of the information.