A 62-year-old female former assistant general manager of a State Bank has been detained by the Criminal Inquiry Department in connection with an investigation into a fraud involving more than Rs. 68 million. This financial scam, according to the authorities, has been going on for a while. Another woman previously detained in connection with the scam committed suicide earlier this year by jumping off the sixth floor of the Criminal Investigation Department on January 11 in the early hours.
After using the restroom, the woman leaped out of a window on the sixth level of the Criminal Investigation Department.
It has been discovered that this scam was carried out by setting up a lending organization, purporting to lend money to different ladies, compiling files using their personal data, and borrowing money from the bank.
Investigations have shown that this scam also involves bank employees.
Internal auditing indicated that this theft occurred at a State Bank. As a result, the Internal Audit Officer complained about this to the Criminal Investigation Department on November 17, 2017, according to the Police Media Unit.
48 personal loan files had been presented using bogus papers in this scam, according to investigations. In light of this, the bank’s alleged fraud suspect and former AGM was detained last Friday.
According to the Police Media Spokesman’s Office, it was located in Colombo Fort. The authorities claim that the primary suspect in this scam has passed away. She committed herself by jumping from the Criminal Investigation Department’s sixth story. According to the police, the retired AGM was detained for complicity in this financial scam.
The suspect was presented before the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court and detained until August 10, according to the Police Media Spokesperson’s Office.
