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may be a party,” he told reporters in Dhaka.

The deputy central bank governor, Razee Hassan, told Agence France

“They [RCBC] are the main accused,” he said.

“Rizal Commercial Banking Corpo are involved in money heist from Bangladesh Bank’s reserve account and the bank is liable in this regard,” Hassan said in a written statement.

The Philippines in 2016 imposed after investigating its role in the audacious cyber heist.

Philippine authorities have also filed money- laundering charges against the RCBC branch manager.

The bank has rejected the allegations and last year accused Bangladesh’s central bank of a “massive cover-up.”

The hackers bombarded the US Federal Reserve with dozens of transfer requests, attempting to steal a further $850 million.

But the bank’s security systems and typing errors in some requests prevented the full theft.

The hack took place on a Friday, when Bangladesh Bank is closed. The Federal Reserve Bank in New York is closed on Saturday and Sunday, slowing the response.

The US reserve bank, which manages the Bangladesh Bank reserve account, has denied its own systems were breached.

RCBC eyes own suit

On Thursday, RCBC said it was mulling legal actions against Bangladesh in the $81-million cyber heist.

“RCBC has had it and will con- sider a lawsuit against Bangladesh the bank had a hand in the $81M cyber heist two years ago,” the bank said in a statement.

“We will not allow them to continue to malign RCBC,” it said, noting that various reports indicated an inside job.

RCBC also stressed that Bangla their own investigations.

It claimed Bangladesh Bank and Dhaka officials were engaged in a cover-up, using RCBC as a scapegoat.