According to Laxmi Prapanna Niraula, Spokesperson of NRB, the hackers withdrew the amount by transferring the amount to various accounts of the same bank using passwords of three employees of the bank.
Niraula informed that apparently the hackers transferred above Rs 40 million, however, they withdrew below Rs 20 million as the withdrawing amount is limited to Rs 1 million.
Metropolitan Crime Division has arrested 10 suspects over the loot. The name of the suspects is Sujan Karki, Neema Tamang, Sanjay Ghale, Bidhya Sagar, Lemang Tamang, Laxmi Tamang, Nirmala Tamang, and Pushparaj Khadka. The crime division also recovered Rs 3.1 million from them.
The preliminary investigation shows that the crime is committed from India with the help of an account holder of the bank. The hackers had planned of looting nearly Rs 100 million. They lured the account holder of paying 10 percent of looted money.
