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Pramuka fallout : Politico, officials probed on 'Golden Certificate' by Jayampathy Jayasinghe Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probing into the embezzlement of funds amounting to several millions of rupees at the Pramuka Bank have unearthed new evidence that a further sum of Rs. 70 million have been spirited away by some bank officials. Sleuths have already began questioning several former Pramuka bank officials in this regard. Last week the Private Secretary of the Pramuka Bank's Chairman was quizzed with regard to several vital documents linked to the embezzlement. However the sleuths were tightlipped whether any incriminating evidence was found. Meanwhile a top official from the Sri Jayawardenapura hospital and a high ranking official from the Southern Province have been questioned in respect of depositing state funds with the Pramuka Bank and obtaining Golden certificates. Several other top state officials are to be questioned within the next few weeks over the Golden Certificate scheme. Meanwhile a former minister of the Western Provincial Council will be summoned shortly to the CID Headquarters. The minister in question had deposited monies belonging to the Provincial Council with the bank. Meanwhile sources said that Rohan Perera is likely to appear before courts at the next court sittings when the Attorney General will file an indictment in the High Court Colombo. Perera, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Seylan Bank is to be indicted on several counts for illegally siphoning money abroad when he was the CEO at the Seylan Bank sometime back. Although Perera was noticed to appear before the Maligakanda Magistrate last January 24, he did not arrive in Sri Lanka by then. |
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