The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has uncovered information about a racket where suspects are found to be stealing money donated to the bank accounts of cancer patients.
Colombo Chief Magistrate Prasanna Alwis was informed that a racket was being carried out across the country to fraudulently obtain the money, donated by the people to the bank accounts of cancer patients, from those banks.
The racket was uncovered after a complaint was filed by a cancer patient from the Kaduwela area, who claimed that Rs. 3.8 million that had been donated to his account in a state bank had been fraudulently acquired by unidentified persons.
Investigations revealed that fraudsters, who respond to requests made online by cancer patients asking for money, have claimed that they will collect financial benefits for those cancer patients and have obtained the bank account numbers, national identity card numbers, and telephone numbers of those patients.
The CID further informed the court that one suspect involved in the financial fraud linked to the Kaduwela cancer patient has been identified and that steps are being taken to apprehend him. (NewsWire)