Bangladesh Bank (BB) has hired the world’s three big accounting firms -- EY, Deloitte and KPMG to do an "asset quality review" of the banks from where $17bn was siphoned off by people close to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
BB Governor Ahsan H Mansur revealed the information in an interview with the Financial Times.
He said the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has formed 11 joint investigation teams to find and reclaim assets believed to have been bought with the stolen funds and prosecute those responsible.
In the interview, Ahsan H Mansur said the investigation is currently underway at 10 Bangladeshi businesses in addition to Hasina and her relatives.
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