A person believed to be involved in an illegal money transfer racket from abroad, has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport.
Police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said that the suspect was arrested by the CID at the airport when he came to travel to Dubai.
He also added that this arrest was made based on illegal deposits of Rs. 86 million to his account. The suspect is a 39-year old man from Trincomalee.
“From the first quarter of 2020, Rs. 1440 million have been transferred to different bank accounts of a local private bank from the United States. It is reported that they have been sent by a person of Sri Lankan origin living in USA.”
“They are suspected to have hacked into US bank accounts and electronically transferred money illegally to these Sri Lankan accounts. The local account holder sends these funds back to US account as if it is being sent from Sri Lanka. The local account holder also gets a fair share of these illegal funds” DIG Ajith Rohana went on to say. (NewsWire)