Couple arrested over Rs. 8.24 million foreign job scam
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Daily Mirror, Newswire, Ada Derana and Hiru News report that a married couple was arrested over allegations of defrauding people seeking overseas work. Newswire says the arrest took place in Welimada and was made by the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment’s Special Investigation Unit.
Daily Mirror and Newswire identify Serbia, the United Arab Emirates, South Korea and Romania as the advertised destinations. Newswire says the offers were made without valid job orders and that the couple collected Rs. 8,240,000.
Newswire reports that the couple previously operated an agency in Dalugama, Kiribathgoda, whose official licence expired on September 30 last year. It says they later resumed operations in Nugethalawa, Welimada, using the same business name.
Newswire says investigations recorded at least 12 formal complaints against the couple between last year and September 9 this year. Newswire adds that the husband, a resident of Kadawatha, is scheduled to appear before Mahara Magistrate’s Court on October 26 for further proceedings.
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