Sixteen other defendants named
Philippine gaming company Bloomberry Resorts, owner and operator of the Solaire Resort and Casino in Manila’s Entertainment City, has received a summons in a U.S. civil case pertaining to the 2016 cyber-heist of some $81 million from the Bangladesh banking system. The money was drawn from the country’s account at the New York Federal Reserve and then funneled through Philippine casinos.
In a statement to the Philippine Stock Exchange reported on the website CalvinAyre.com, Bloomberry said the papers were delivered on February 22. They contained a copy of the summons issued by the Clerk of Court of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in an action labeled “Bangladesh Bank v. Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., et al.”
Sixteen other Philippine companies and individuals have been named as defendants in the case, which prompted the Philippine government to add casinos to its list of entities regulated by the country’s anti-money laundering body.
