A bag containing Rs. 35 million has been stolen outside a state bank in Horana, the Police said. 

According to the Police, the money had been brought out of the state bank to be deposited at another bank.

The Police said that as the money was brought outside the state bank, an individual had stolen the bag and fled the area. 

The incident was reported at around 3.00 pm today (03).

The Horana Police have launched investigations into the incident. (Newswire)

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A state bank manager has been remanded until February 09 over an alleged fraud exceeding Rs. 163 million, in which imitation items were pawned as gold at the very bank he served. 

Colombo Additional Magistrate Oshadha Migara Maharachchi issued the order following a request by the Financial and Commercial Crimes Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).

The court was informed that the suspect had committed offences under the Public Property Act by carrying out the fraud on 26 occasions over two years. 

The suspect, identified as Indika Nishantha Adhikari, a manager of a state bank in Colombo, was arrested, produced in court, and placed in remand custody pending further investigations. (Newswire)

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A former loan officer of a state bank has been arrested for providing loans using forged documents to businessmen, causing a loss of nearly Rs. 20 million to the bank.

The 40-year-old resident of Pelawatte, Pannipitiya, was arrested by officials from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on Tuesday (15).

Investigations have revealed that the suspect had received a commission for the loans and had drafted forged documents to grant loans to several individuals, including businessmen. 

The suspect had obtained money from the loan beneficiaries for the drafting of forged documents.

The suspect is due to be produced before the court, while the CID and the Financial Crimes Investigation Division are conducting further investigations. (Newswire)

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Three female officers of a state bank have been arrested for defrauding a sum of Rs. 99.3 million.

According to reports, the arrests have been made based on investigations conducted by the Criminal Investigations Department. 

The Police state the suspects, who worked in the pawning section of the relevant bank, had pawned fake gold items pretending to be 24-carat gold and had taken the money.

The Police further stated that one suspect involved in the incident has already left abroad.

Police investigations have been launched into several other bank officials involved in the racket. (Newswire)

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