US bound swindler couple arrested in nick of time at BIA

Colombo Crime Division (CCD) has arrested a husband and wife who were ready to flee to America  after defrauding more than 200 million rupees promising higher interest by investing money in business establishments in Dubai.

A senior officer of the Colombo Crime Division stated that the couple had committed this fraud in the name of a business entity registered in Singapore and Sri Lanka.

The official also said that this business establishment had been established in the Kattuwa area on the Negombo-Chilaw road.

The couple resided in a house in a housing complex in Periyamulla, Negombo. The Colombo Crime Division has received six complaints that this couple has cheated money and gold items by stating that they will invest money in companies in Dubai and give them higher interest. Police said that the two were arrested after investigations. The two suspects got ready to flee to the USA with the start of this investigation. A senior police officer said that on August 14 they had received visas to go to the USA and on or around August 19 they had planned to leave the country. However, they were arrested on the 18th. The officer said that one person who had complained against the couple had given 150 gold sovereigns to them.

The couple was produced before the Negombo Magistrate’s Court (19) and remanded until August 23.As per the instructions of the Director of the Colombo Crime Division, ASP Neville Silva and under the supervision of OIC Chief Inspector Anslem De Silva, the investigation was led by the OIC of the Organized Crime Investigation Division Inspector Duminda Jayathilaka.

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