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SLBFE manager, 5 others suspended in Rs. 250 million scam
Colombo, May 6 (Daily Mirror) - The services of six individuals, including an Additional General Manager of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), were suspended with immediate effect from yesterday (5) over an alleged financial fraud of approximately Rs. 250 million.
The fraud involved sending women abroad for domestic work without completing the mandatory job training required for their first overseas employment, sources said.
Investigations conducted by the SLBFE have reportedly revealed that nearly 35,000 women were fraudulently exempted from the mandatory training between 2022 and August 2024.
Sources indicated that this large-scale financial fraud was carried out by women who had not previously worked abroad but submitted forged documents claiming prior overseas employment experience. It has also been uncovered that each individual was charged a sum ranging from Rs. 100,000 to 140,000 for this exemption.
According to information received about the fraud, reports have emerged of these women encountering highly risky situations in their workplaces due to the lack of training. There have also been accounts of untrained domestic workers being subjected to various forms of violence and abuse in foreign countries, sources added.
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