A fraud in SATHOSA store
A stock of rice is missing from the SATHOSA Maligawatta Store. According to the SATHOSA Trade Union, some employees have sold the stock of rice to private traders. The value of the lost stock of rice is said to be around Rs 100,000. Now the employees are trying to blockthe investigation about the fraud.
More in: Divaina/ 9 March www.divaina.lk
‘Dadi Daduwam’ taken in for cheating Rs.17 million
A person who is alleged to be running an illegal financial institution and cheated more than 30 people after collecting Rs.17 million on the promise of paying high interest rates was taken into custody by the Hungama Police. The police said the suspect known as ‘Dadi Daduwam’ was on bail in connection with a case pending in the Tangalle High Court.
More in: Daily Mirror/ 10 March www.dailymirror.lk
Golden Key Credit Card Scam
Mt. Lavinia Chief Magistrate refused to consider the bail application filed on behalf of the first suspect, Dr. Lalith Kotelawala , who was earlier remanded in connection with the Golden Key Credit Card Scam, amounting to criminal misappropriation of Rs. 26 billion of depositors’ funds, on the ground that an application for bail had been already field at the Colombo High Court.
More in: The Island/ 12 March www.island.lk
A valuer nabbed
An assessor attached to the Inland Revenue Office in Kurunagala was arrested by Bribery Commission while he was taking a laptop as a bribe from a businessman promising to reduce his monthly tax payments.
More in: Divaina/ 13 March www.divaina.lk
Court orders destruction of fake Usha fans
A Colombo Magistrate yesterday ordered a leading Pettah electrical goods dealer to destroy all fake Usha fans and accessories in his custody as a sequel to a mutual settlement arrived between the complainant and the suspect.
The complainant cited the three directors of the company for allegedly violating sections 121 and 184 of the Intellectual Property Act No 36 of 2003.
More in: Daily Mirror/ 14 March www.dailymirror.lk
Warrant issued on accused in credit card fraud case
The Colombo High Court yesterday issued warrant on an accused who had attempted to purchase goods from Crescat Boulevard, Kollupitiya with a forged credit card.
The accused was charged with producing a credit card, which didn’t belong to him and attempting to buy a cellular phone worth Rs. 47,000 from a shop at Crescat.
More in: Daily Mirror/ 14 March www.dailymirror.lk
FEB worker arrested for bribery
Acting on a complaint from travel agent, Bribery Commission sleuths took into custody an employee of the Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Bureau for allegedly soliciting a bribe of Rs. 5000. The complainant had visited the Bureau in Battaramulla to obtain a permit for 2010. The suspect had then solicited a bribe of Rs.5000 to issue the permit.
More in: The Island/ 14 March www.island.lk
Fraudulent female arrested
A female living in Urubokka area, had bogusly taken money from job seekers promising to send them to foreign countries. She was arrested by the Special Criminal Investigation Unit of Matara Police Station. She had defrauded over Rs.1.3million the police said.
More in: Lakbima/ 14 March www.lakbima.lk
Fake signature by a hotel manager
A former manager of a well-known hotel in Mt.Lavinia was arrested by the Special Criminal Investigation Unit of Mt .Lavinia Police for allegedly defrauding Rs. 81,000 by signing a document as a foreigner and had fraudulently taken the money.
More in: Lakbima/ 14 March www.lakbima.lk
Golden Key Dep. Chairman Pleads Innocence
Jailed Deputy Chairman of Golden Key Company, Khawan Perera in an exclusive interview with The Sunday Leader insisted he is innocent and has been unfairly implicated in the Golden key Financial Scam.Perera said the disputed Rs.26 billion remains in the country and all 9, 054 depositors could be repaid despite Golden Key so far having failed to come up with an acceptable repayment scheme.
More in: The Sunday Leader/ 15 March www.thesundayleader.lk
Hijacking homeopathy
Members of the Institutionally Qualified Homeopathic Medical Practitioners Association (IQHMP) have alleged that “the fraudulent conduct of the country’s Homeopathic Medical Council has become a threat to the country‘s entire homeopathic medical system”.
More in: The Sunday Leader/ 15 March www.thesundayleader.lk
Multi-million rupee fraud at Peradeniya University
The audit division at the University of Peradeniya has uncovered frauds amounting to hundred of thousands of rupees alleged to have been committed by five senior officials at the university including a former Vice-chancellor and a professor.
The audit division has found that the ex- vice chancellor had defrauded Rs. 516,800 by leasing a piece of land in the Meewathura area belonging to the university to a private company. It has been revealed that the first year’s payment had been deposited in a false bank account which did not belong to the university. Three other officials at the university were also involved the deal.
More in: Lakbima News/ 15 March www.lakbimanews.lk
Directors to lose assets
Deshamanya Lalith Kotelawala and all other directors are likely to lose their entire personal wealth to pay off the Rs.26 billion dues to Golden Key depositors.
On instructions from the Attorney General Department, the CID is now trying to find out the total amount of assets owned by the directors of the Golden Key Credit Card Company.
More in: Lakbima News/ 15 March www.lakbimanews.lk
Interviews for police promotions cancelled
A major scam has been uncovered in police promotions. As a result, on the request of some officers, the interviews due to be held in the first week of March for assistant superintendents for promotion as superintendents of police were cancelled at the last moment by the National Police Commission. This was after a group of 26 ASPs who were not called for interview lodged an appeal with the Chairman of the National Police Commission, Neville Piyadigama.
More in: Lakbima News/ 15 March www.lakbimanews.lk
Tax dept. to probe Golden Key depositors
The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) is to initiate investigations into Golden Key Credit Card Company Tax files and its depositors who have not paid taxes on their interest rates. The Department wants to ascertain how some of the depositors had earned large sums of money and whether they had evaded the payment of taxes.
The Sunday Times/ 15 March www.sundaytimes.lk
Headging: Banks want all
The five commercial banks involved in the controversial hedging deals with the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) are unwilling to budge from their positions and seeking full payment on the claims, informed sources said.One source, close to the ministerial committee appointed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to look at a possible re-negotiation of the hedging contracts, said the banks had sent their written submissions to the committee.
The Sunday Times/ 15 March www.sundaytimes.lk
Unfair appointments in Eastern Provincial council
According to the public in Eastern Province, labourers have been appointed by the Health Ministry for the Eastern Provincial Council violating the State Circular for recruiting bottom level employees.
More in: Lakbima/ 16 March www.lakbima.lk
The interview for Administrative Service is not transparent
The interview for selecting applicants for 3rd Class administrative service was not transparent, disappointed applicants say. 161 persons who faced the interview have also handed over a petition to the President regarding this unfair interview.
More in: Lakbima/ 16 March www.lakbima.lk
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