Philippine President Commits to Returning $81M from Cyber Heist

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has given a commitment that $81 million stolen by cyber criminals from the account of Bangladesh Bank in New York and funneled through bank accounts in Manila would be returned, the Bangladesh ambassador to the Philippines said. A Bangladesh central bank team visiting Manila to recover the money said earlier that it was close to getting back $15 million of the loot frozen by the Philippines.