Three arrested for defrauding millions sent to cancer patients’ accounts

Has defrauded over Rs.30 million from 11 patients

Had stolen Rs.5 Mn from a reality show singer as well

The Criminal Investigation Department yesterday informed the Colombo Chief Magistrate that three persons, including two sisters from the same family, who were arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department for illegally accessing the bank account of a singer of a reality show have defrauded Rs.30 million from 11 patients.

The CID investigating into an incident of stealing Rs.5 million from a singer of a reality show by illegally accessing the singer’s bank account arrested these three persons, including two sisters from the same family.

The CID informed court that these suspects have done this by robbing innocent patients of donations by illegally accessing their accounts through the internet.

These facts were presented yesterday (7) when the case of stealing nearly Rs.5 million by illegally accessing the bank account of a singer of a reality programme suffering from leukemia was brought before court.

The suspects who were produced before court yesterday were ordered to be remanded till December 19. The suspects are residents of Kadawatha.

The Criminal Investigation Department presented the facts to the court that these suspects have taken money from the singer’s account related to the complaint and transferred it to various bank accounts and finance companies and have spent nearly Rs.200,000 and have even obtained an Apple mobile phone. The CID told court that they have made phone calls to many ads on Facebook asking for money for surgery for cancer patients as well as leukemia patients, and have fraudulently stolen more than Rs.30 million this way and how they spent that money has not been found so far.

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