Members of an organized gang that had operated a fraudulent car dealership at the BMICH in Colombo have been apprehended.
Reports state that the suspects had rented an office at the BMICH under the name ‘Regal Sales’ and had advertised vehicles for sale in newspapers.
Seeing the advertisements, two individuals had arrived at the office to purchase a car and a jeep and had been shown the vehicles.
Two individuals who had posed as the owner and manager of the organization had requested the buyers to make the payment before they prepared the relevant sales documents.
According to reports, the two buyers had paid Rs. 12.5 million and Rs. 33 million to the owner of the vehicle.
The Police said investigations have found that the owner had told the buyers to wait until the relevant documents were prepared, while he had left with the money through the backdoor of the office.
The defrauded individuals had then filed a complaint with the Cinnamon Gardens Police after which three suspects who had posed as high-ranking officials at the fraudulent firm had been apprehended.
The suspects are aged between 41 and 65 years and are residents of Pannipitiya, Maligawatte, and Mattakuliya.
However, the chief suspect wanted over the financial crime has fled, while the Police have obtained an overseas travel ban against him and are conducting investigations to apprehend him. (NewsWire)