The CID has arrested another suspect in connection with the fraudulent payment of Rs. 43 million from a personal bank account belonging to a leading steel wire manufacturing company in Sri Lanka by presenting forged checks.
The suspect was arrested in Embilipitiya, New Town on the 27th, police spokesman Senior DIG Ajith Rohana said. He added that the suspect was a 34-year-old man.
It has been revealed that the suspect had obtained Rs. 13 million by giving a fake check to a private bank in Kiribathgoda on April 12, said Mr. Rohana.
The suspect and a group of others posing as employees of a steel company had presented fake checks to the bank and fraudulently obtained Rs. 43 million.
The CID had earlier arrested a bank official, a steel worker and five other suspects in connection with the scam.
