Around this time last year (February 2016) Bangladesh's account at the Federal Reserve was hacked and around USD81 million stolen
US authorities are preparing a case against ... wait for it ... North Korea!
- Federal prosecutors ... would accuse North Korea of directing the theft of $81 million from Bangladesh's account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Alleged Chinese middlemen ... helped North Korea orchestrate the theft
- Used the SWIFT access codes of Bangladesh's central bank in one weekend to transfer $81 million from the bank's account at the New York Fed to four bank accounts in the Philippines
