The Colombo Fraud Investigation Bureau (CFIB) has launched an investigation to arrest an official at a Sri Lankan mission in an Asian country.
Police said that an investigation has been initiated against this officer, who is the son of a well-known textile business owner, in connection with a fraud involving the purchase of land and non-payment of money.
Police stated that this fraud has been committed by buying a land of more than one acre located in Watawala and paying a part of the money and giving cheques that were not honoured for the balance amount.
It is said that the amount of the fraud is almost Rs.10 million.
During investigations it had been revealed that these cheques had not been issued from an account belonging to the businessman or his son and that the account was in no way connected to
the business. The owner of the current account who had provided these cheques, has also been taken into custody by the Fraud Investigation Bureau.
He is a resident of Kandy who had complained to the Colombo Fraud Investigation Bureau about this fraud.
The Fraud Investigation Bureau is ready to arrest this embassy official who is the main suspect in the fraud when he returns to the country.
Thursday, November 10, 2022 – 01:19