Three suspects have been remanded for defrauding over Rs. 05 million from cancer patients through online and mobile fraud. 

According to the Police, the suspects have reached out to cancer patients via phone, claiming to assist with collecting donations for treatment and had obtained their personal details, including bank accounts.

They had then created fake National Identity Cards (NIC) using the details of the cancer patients and had also obtained new SIM cards from mobile operators, claiming that the previous number had been lost. 

After receiving SIM cards with the same numbers as the cancer patients, they are reported to have accessed their bank accounts and stolen money, amounting to more than Rs. 5 million.

Following several complaints in this regard, Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officials arrested a man and two women regarding the fraud.

The suspects were produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court yesterday and have been remanded.  

The public, especially cancer patients, has been warned of such online and mobile fraud, with authorities urging not to share personal information with unknown persons. (Newswire) 

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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)

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