Four arrested over Sri Lanka’s biggest fake cheque scam

May 2, 2021 at 7:46 PM

Four suspects including a bank employee have been arrested by the CID for withdrawing Rs 43 million from a private bank after producing forged cheques.

Police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana told reporters that the suspects have withdrawn the money from a bank account of a company manufacturing steel rods on 12th April.

DIG Ajith Rohana said that investigations have uncovered that the suspects had printed a counterfeit cheque book similar to the one issued to the company by the bank.

DIG Ajith Rohana also said that this fraud records as Sri Lanka’s biggest scam using fraudulent cheques. (NewsWire)