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President of Philippine bank at center of $81 million heist quits

From reuters.com

The Philippines' Rizal Commercial Banking Corp said it has accepted the resignation of its president, Lorenzo Tan, even as it cleared the official of any wrongdoing in connection with a $81 million money laundering scandal. The resignation, which was submitted last week, took effect on Friday. RCBC is at the center of a Senate investigation into a cyber heist in which $81 million was stolen from the Bangladesh central bank's account at the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of New York and allegedly deposited in one of its branches. "I take full moral responsibility for this sad incident in the history of the bank," Tan said ... (full story)

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