The Horana Special Crime Investigation Unit has arrested a suspect who had allegedly defrauded Rs. 20 million from investors.
The suspect had been operating an anthurium importation business together with a gem business at Kananvila, Horana. He had asked investors to invest money in the business and had then defrauded the investors of about Rs. 20 million.
The 47-year-old suspect was arrested yesterday following a lengthy investigation and is due to be produced before the Horana Magistrate today.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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