Bangladesh Bank has filed a suit in New York against Philippine bank the Riazal Commercial Banking Corp alleging its officers conspired with North Korean hackers to steal $81 million in a daring cyber heist that spanned the globe three years ago. The bank officers and the hackers conspired with casino operators and Chinese citizens to rob the bank of funds kept in an account at the US Federal Reserve Bank in New York, the law suit said. The suit did not name any North Koreans but includes 25 ‘John Does’ who may have been involved in money laundering as defendants. The complaint sad the litigation involves a massive, multi-year conspiracy to carry out one of the largest bank heists in modern history in New York City. The case has been filed at the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York. The suit said the conspirators included North Korean hackers, who had infiltrated the computers of Sony Pictures Entertainment, in California in 2014.
