Ben D. Kritz

IN February 2016 the Philippines unwittingly became embroiled in one of the most spectacular bank heists in history, the theft of $81 million from Bangladesh’s central bank. Part of that amount, or $66 million, disappeared, laundered through accounts at RCBC bank, a local money exchange company and a couple of casinos.

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