5. Bangladesh Bank Hacking Scandal
Amount: $81 million
Year: 2016
This amount represents the sum which ended up at the Philippines. Chinese thieves hacked into a server of Bangladesh Central Bank (!) and actually tried to withdraw $951 million which now makes it one of the biggest accounting scandals in recent years in the Philippines. Fortunately, their plan failed. The $81 million went to four accounts of RCBC, a commercial banking corporation. This crime was mostly covered by the media since a country was being robbed, not just a random individual. The attempted crime did come with prospective consequences for the Philippines market since it appears unreliable with having such a large sum transferred onto their accounts. It created a really bad image for them, to say the least.
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