Philippine lender hurls allegations at Bangladeshi central bank

RCBC wonders if Bangladesh is covering up details of big cybertheft

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The Bangladesh central bank building in Dhaka

CLIFF VENZON, Nikkei staff writer

MANILA -- Rizal Commercial Banking has turned the tables on Bangladesh Bank, which is planning to sue the Philippine lender for enabling cyberthieves to get away with $81 million from it early last year.

In a defiant statement on Tueday, RCBC said the Bangladeshi central bank was partly to blame for the heist. It also accused the Bangladesh Bank of covering up an inside job.

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