Racketeer nabbed in Thailand
A Sri Lankan who had fraudulently taken a batch of job seekers to Thailand escaped with more than Rs. 8million. The deserted job seekers had informed the Immigration and Emigration Department of Thailand and the racketeer had been arrested.
Lankadeepa/29 January www.lankadeepa.lk
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Shocking disclosure in Golden Key Case
In a shocking revelation based on a CID investigation into the Golden Key credit card scam, the Attorney General informed Court that Rs.14 billion had been misappropriated while Rs. 5 billion had gone missing.
More in: Daily Mirror/ 31 January www.dailymirror.lk
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A fraudulent job agency nabbed
The Special Investigation Unit of Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment has nabbed a job agency which had bogusly taken money from job seekers promising to send them to Iraq.
More in: Lakbima/ 31 January www.lakbima.lk
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Fraud in Sri Lanka Postal Department
It has been revealed that the Postal Department having allocated money to buy 10, 000 push bicycles in 2007 only 4575 had been bought and there was no mention about the balance.
More in: Lakbima/ 29 January www.lakbima.lk
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A police officer in bribery net
A police officer attached to the Investigation Unit of Wennapuwa SP’s Office was arrested by the Bribery Commission for allegedly soliciting a bribe from a wrongdoer promising to file the case on a lesser charge.
More in: Lakbima/ 2 February www.lakbima.lk
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Frauds in cooperative Society in Tissamaharama
President Mahinda Rajapakse has ordered the Commissioner, Southern Province to investigate into complaints of corruption made by the employees of the cooperative society in Tissamaharama against certain officials.
More in: Divaina/31 January www.divaina.lk
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A young couple prosecuted with fake notes
Gampaha Divisional Investigation Unit arrested a young couple with materials used to print currency notes. The printed notes have also been found.
More in: Divaina/ 3 February www.divaina.lk
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Corruption: Why spare the ‘engine of fraud?
Attorney General Mohan Peris says, “Corruption needs to be fought the same way as terrorism. That insidious enemy should be engaged on many fronts if it is to be rooted, but we are preoccupied with battling corruption only in the public sector. We seem to have taken for granted corruption that the private sector is plagued with.”
More in: The Island/ 3 February www.island.lk