A Nigerian national has been arrested on charges of financially defrauding Sri Lankan women after making false marriage promises with fake identities.
The man who arrived in Sri Lanka in 2017 has been arrested by the Computer Crime Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigation Department.
Investigations have revealed that the suspect has posed as professionals such as doctors and engineers living in Europe through social media networks.
The suspect had thereafter made promises of marriage to women in Sri Lanka through Facebook.
He has also requested large sums of money from the women as money required to clear valuable gift parcels from the customs.
The Nigerian was arrested when he came to withdraw money from an ATM machine in Maharagama which had been deposited by a woman who had been deceived by him.
The Computer Crime Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigation Department is conducting investigations into a group of Nigerians found to be involved in similar financial scams. (NewsWire)