FBI called in to probe Treasury theft Ministry denies French papers missing

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May 6, 2026
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By Damith Wickremasekara

Sri Lankan investigators have reached out to the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as they widen their probe into the Treasury’s US$2.5 million loss linked to an email hacking, a senior CID official said.

They have also contacted a US-based cybersecurity company that specialises in detecting and mitigating email hacking and phishing attacks, he said.

“We have yet to learn where the fraudulent emails originated from, where the funds that were fraudulently diverted from the Treasury are and who was behind the scam. The Financial Intelligence Unit of the Central Bank is also unaware as yet of these details,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

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