WATCH: Senate hearing on $81-M Bangladesh bank heist, Day 4

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WATCH: Senate hearing on $81-M Bangladesh bank heist, Day 4

NOEL CELIS

Watch here the recording of the 4th Senate hearing on the money laundering scandal Tuesday, April 5, at 10:30 am

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Senate held its 4th hearing on the Bangladesh Bank fund heist Tuesday, April 5, at 10:30 am.

During the 3rd Senate hearing last March 29, Chinese casino junket agent Kim Wong denied any links to the money laundering scandal.

Hackers stole $81 million from the Bangladesk Bank’s Federal Reserve account in New York, and about $63 million went to Solaire and Midas casinos in the Philippines. 

Wong said operators Ding Zhize and Gao Shuhua brought the laundered money into Philippine casinos. He admitted that his company, Eastern Hawaii Leisure, received P1 billion but that he didn’t know it was part of the cyber theft.

Wong returned $4.63 million to the Anti-Money Laundering Council on Thursday, March 31, and P38.28 million on Monday, April 4.

Watch the recording of the hearing here. – Rappler.com

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