Suspect remanded over Rs. 1 Mn fraud using dormant bank accounts

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By Bhagya Silva

Colombo, April 22 (Daily Mirror) - Colombo Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali today remanded a suspect accused of defrauding over Rs. 1 million by obtaining goods on credit and issuing cheques through inactive bank accounts.

The suspect, a resident of Polonnaruwa, was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on April 1. According to CID officials, suspect has been engaging in similar fraudulent activities since 2013, with arrest warrants pending against him for over 11 years.

The CID informed court that 11 separate cases have been filed against the suspect before various Magistrate’s Courts, while one case is currently pending before the High Court.

Investigations have further revealed that the total amount defrauded by the suspect exceeds Rs. 16 million.

Taking into account the gravity of the allegations and the history of the suspect's activities, the Magistrate remanded the suspect.

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Ram P Tuesday, 22 April 2025 05:07 PM

He must not be given bail until all the cases are determined after hearing.

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WHO'S ACCOUNTS DID HE USE? Tuesday, 22 April 2025 05:14 PM

Congratulations to the CID Team who worked on this case and managed to track the guy down after 11 years, bet the team working on this case were not the Team working on this case the past 11 years and as the saying goes "better late than NEVER". Would be interesting to know what good were being purchased all these years totaling to the sum of 16 MILLION?. It appears he could have been purchasing on behalf of others and or buying and selling!!.

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Cassie Tuesday, 22 April 2025 05:41 PM

Wow that's crazy he would have dormant accounts information. How did he have access to this information?

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Inside informants? Tuesday, 22 April 2025 05:46 PM

Don't you think that this guy may have an informer in the relevant bank where accounts are inactive? Otherwise how could he obtain information about these inactive accounts? How did get cheques relevant to these accounts? While serving as a member of a Govt. Reconciliation Board (Samata Mandalaya) I came across a case of bank loan. A bank staff surreptitiously released bond signed by the person who took the loan. This guy became too greedy and refused to repay the loan. When he found that he cannot escape, he agreed to repay the installments.

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Johnny Madpala Wednesday, 23 April 2025 01:32 AM

this man should be sent to 50 years rigorous imprisonment.Tough tough sentences. No leniency please. That will be the lesson to others. Bank staff should be investigated and sentenced to jail for breaking banking secrecy. Alert to Bank HR - Don't recruit people whose CVs are brought by colleagues but have a very tough background check of the entire family of new bank recruits for 2 generations.

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Curious Being Wednesday, 23 April 2025 11:50 AM

A spy in the banking sector? Or is he a banker himself? however kudos for the department staff for tracked him down.

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