A woman who promised job visa’s in Canada with the lease number of documents and fraudulently collected money has been arrested by the Police with four others, a senior Police officer said.
The woman had advised herself on Ikman.lk and collected upto Rs five million from a number of persons and defrauded them.
The persons who responded to her advertisement were told to open a bank accounts and submit copies of only the passport and birth certificate.
Subsequently the woman used forged documents and got access to the bank accounts of the depositors and transferred money online, investigations revealed. She had used forged documents to obtain a new SIM card to get access for the online transfer.
The woman and her husband carried out the racket from the Raddoulugama area.
The suspects are from Kandana, Marawila, Raddoulugama, Melsiripura and Galkulama.
Any information could be provided to the CID by calling 011- 2326979.
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