සම්පත් බැංකුවේ සියලු වංචා බැංකු වේලාවෙන්
සම්පත් බැංකුවේ සියලු වංචා බැංකු වේලාවෙන් පසුවයි !
සම්පත් බැංකුව තුල සිදුවී ඇතැයි කියන මහා පරිමාණ මූල්ය වංචාවන් සියල්ල සිදුවී ඇත්තේ බැංකු ගනුදෙනු වේලාවෙන් පසුව බවට අනාවරණය වූයේ යැයි රහස් පොලිසිය අධිකරණය වෙත දැනුම් දී තිබේ.
සම්පත් බැංකුවේ ඉහළ නිලධාරීන් පිරිසක් කාලයක පටන් ගිණුම් හිමියන්ගේ කෝටි ගණනක මුදලක් ඔවුන්ගේ අනුදැනුමකින් තොරව ලබාගෙන විශ්වාසය කඩකර සාවද්ය පරිහරණය කර ඇතැයිද රහස් පොලිසිය සාක්ෂි සහිතව අධිකරණය වෙත දැනුම් දී තිබේ.
මෙරට සහ ජාත්යන්තර කීර්තියට පත් ආයුර්වේද වෛද්යවරයෙකු වන කැළුම් වීරසිංහ මහතා විසින් රහස් පොලිසියට කරන ලද පැමිණිල්ලක් අනුව සම්පත් බැංකු වංචාවේ සුලමුල සොයා ගැනීමට රහස් පොලිසිය සමත් වී ඇත.
වංචාවට සම්බන්ධ ඔක්කොම බැංකුව ඇතුළේ
සම්පත් බැංකු වංචාවට අදාළ B 19430/18 දරණ නඩුව කඩුවෙල මහේස්ත්රාත් ප්රසන්න අල්විස් මහතා හමුවේ කැඳවූ අවස්ථාවේදී පැමිණිලිකරු වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටී ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ උපුල් ජයසූරිය මහතා මෙසේ පැවසීය.
“ මෙම වංචාව බැංකු පද්ධතියම හොල්ලපු වංචාවක්.. මෙම වංචාවට සම්බන්ධ සියලු දෙනාම ඉන්නේ සම්පත් බැංකුව තුළයි. මෙම වංචාව බැංකුවේ ඉහල නිලධාරීන්ගේ අනුදැනුම මත සිදුකර තිබෙනවා. රහස් පොලිසිය දැනට අල්ලාගෙන ඇත්තේ බැංකුවේ කළමනාකරුවෙකු පමණයි. ඉදිරියේදී තවත් පුද්ගලයින් රැසක් අල්ලාගැනීමට ඉන්නවා…”
“ ඉතිහාසය ප්රථමවරට බැංකුවේ සේවය කරන පිරිසක්, බැංකු ගනුදෙනු වේලාවෙන් අනතුරුව සිදු කර ඇති කෝටි ගණනක වංචාවට සම්පත් බැංකුවේ අධ්යක්ෂ මණ්ඩලය වගකිව යුතුයි.”
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සම්පත් බැංකුවේ තැන්පත්කරුවන්ගේ මුදල් වංචාවක්
- https://sinhala.srilankamirror.com/news/17877-sampath-bankuwe-siyalu-wancha-banku
Massive Fraud At Sampath Bank: Millions Of Rupees Siphoned Off By Manager And Partners In Crime: Media Hushed Using “Advertising Power”
The scam appeared to have begun nearly one and a half years ago. The victims of the fraud say their cheques and the slips amounts were manipulated and balances were added as Over Drafts (ODs). The fraud came to light when their accounts were audited last year.
Criminal Investigation Department, on 15/01/2019, arrested the suspected bank manager and the other individual and presented them before the Kaduwela Magistrates’ Court. The Magistrate remanded the manager and the other individual for 14 days.
“The auditors had reportedly noticed the inconsistencies in the account, but initially could not figure out what the problem was. Following a thorough process, the auditors were able to identify suspicious transactions on their books and mismatches on their slips and cheques. The victims of this fraud are a group of businessmen in the area including a vehicle importer and an electrical contractor and an electrical shop owner,” a source familiar with the matter told Colombo Telegraph.
The bank manager has, with the help of a regional manager Sampath Bank and the present Manageress of the Thalahena Branch, have debited the account of a customer who is an Ayurvedic physician and made bank transfers to 21 persons who were completely unknown to the customer.
“This is the first time in the banking history that a bank has committed a fraud on a customer,” a banker told Colombo Telegraph. Our sources said there would be criminal liability on the directorate of Sampath Bank.
When the bank manager and another recipient of the cheated money were produced before the Kaduwela Magistrate, journalists from all main media stations have been present at the Magistrate’s Court premises covering the story. However, Sampath Bank, one of the biggest advertisers in the country, presurrized media into not running the story.
When the victims inquired from their bank branch in Thalahena about these fraudulent transactions on their accounts, the branch manager had described it as a “glitch” in the system. Moreover, he had assured them that it would be fixed soon.
The manager had apparently approved ODs for the complainant physician up to Rs 125 Million with no security and no proper application or evaluation of such application, and withdrawn cash. He had then transfered money to people chosen by him and later converted them into loans.
“There is evidence that some of these ODs were approved on bank holidays. Some ODs were approved for accounts opened under victims’ spouses with or without their knowledge. These staff members of the Sampath Bank have been operating a lucrative private bank within the bank, siphoning money off their customers. In order to entice the customers, they have approved overdrafs to such vulnerable customers with no security. In such dubious circumstances some of the customers have allowed the manager to withdraw further funds from their accounts,” our sources added.
A couple months ago, when the manager was transferred to another branch, the victims of the fraud had started receiving letters from the bank asking them to settle those dues, which they never obtained. When the victims complained to the bank, the bank officials had not taken their concerns into consideration. In fact, a senior official at the bank had informed one of the victims in writing that nothing illegal had happened as per their regulations.
It was at this point that the Physician had sought the assistance of the Criminal Investigation Department. After a prolonged investigation, the CID was able to uncover the extent of the fraud. During the period, some victims had even received threatening calls. During the investigation, it was revealed that the fraud was an organized crime.
The victims also claim that the Central Bank of Sri Lanka was in a deep slumber while Sampath Bank was siphoning off the customers’ money.
- https://www.colombotelegraph.com/in...n-crime-media-hushed-using-advertising-power/
Sampath Bank Issues Qualified Denial: Admits Culpability In Massive Fraud: Fails To Answer Pertinent Questions
In a qualified denial, Sampath Bank PLC stated that “some parts” of the story appeared in the media referring to a massive fraud at the bank were inaccurate and misleading.
However, the bank, which has come under great public scrutiny following our story, failed to say which part of the story was inaccurate.
“Due to ongoing investigations, the Bank is not in a position to disclose detailed information,” the statement by the bank said.
Admitting that there was a massive fraud at the bank, the statement said this incident occurred a few months back and the Bank had already taken appropriate measures to correct the situation and ensure no-recurrence.
“We wish to assure the public that we have taken steps to ensure that our customers will not be affected in anyway due to the incident reported,” it started.
The statement by Sampath Bank, curiously, has not made any specific reference to the Colombo Telegraph story which provided extensive details relating to the fraud. The same statement has also been sent to the Chief Operating Officer of the Colombo Stock Exchange.
Sampath Bank, however, has failed to respond to following questions sent to its Chief Legal Officer, Senaka Hewavitharana by Colombo Telegraph.
1. Which parts of the story appeared in Colombo Telegraph are factually incorrect?
2. Has the former Manager of Sampath Bank (Thalahena branch) Manoj Rodrigo been arrested by the CID in connection with a fraud committed on an Ayurvedic Physician a customer of the same Bank? Has he been remanded for 14 days by the Kaduwela Magistrate?
3. Are you in the process of investigating whether any other officials of the bank are involved in the fraud?
4. Did your internal audit initially look into the complaint and exonerate the official who is now under arrest?
5. Were there other officials the bank who were involved in the fraud, apart from the arrested official?
6. Have you by now at least apologized to your customer Ayurvedic Physician and reassured him that all the monies illegally obtained from him by your bank would be refunded with any loss incurred by him has further damages?
- https://www.colombotelegraph.com/in...ve-fraud-fails-to-answer-pertinent-questions/
Sri Lanka Sampath Bank says fraud happened 'few months back'
Jan 29, 2019 17:06 PM GMT+0530
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Sampath Bank has confirmed a media report about a fraud at the bank, saying it occurred “a few months back” and that it could not give details owing to on-going investigations.
The bank in a statement referred to an article published on a website Tuesday morning and being shared on social media about a financial irregularity at Sampath Bank.
“Some of the information published is inaccurate and misleading,” it said.
“However, due to ongoing investigations, the bank is not in a position to disclose detailed information.
“This incident occurred a few months back and the bank has already taken appropriate measures to correct the situation and ensure non-recurrence,” the bank said.
“We wish to assure the public that we have taken steps to ensure that our customers will not be affected in anyway due to the reported incident.”
Sampath Bank’s share price ended at 239.70 rupees Tuesday, up 4.70 rupees or 2.00 percent.
The media report said the fraud had been uncovered by auditors.
It had referred to millions of rupees being siphoned off by a bank manager and others.
(Colombo/January 29/2019)
- https://economynext.com/Sri_Lanka_Sampath_Bank_says_fraud_happened__few_months_back_-3-13285-17.html
Bank frauds should be checked: Law enforcement authorities contact Central Bank regarding Sampath Bank issue; queries clarified
The Law Enforcement Authorities have already contacted the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in connection with the alleged financial fraud at Sampath Bank and their queries were clarified by the Bank Supervision Department (BSD), a Central Bank official said, answering a question on the fraud at Sampath Bank. “Currently investigations are in progress and the matter is before the Court of Law.”
- http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2019/02/03/business/bank-frauds-should-be-checked
සම්පත් බැංකුවේ සියලු වංචා බැංකු වේලාවෙන් පසුවයි !
සම්පත් බැංකුව තුල සිදුවී ඇතැයි කියන මහා පරිමාණ මූල්ය වංචාවන් සියල්ල සිදුවී ඇත්තේ බැංකු ගනුදෙනු වේලාවෙන් පසුව බවට අනාවරණය වූයේ යැයි රහස් පොලිසිය අධිකරණය වෙත දැනුම් දී තිබේ.
සම්පත් බැංකුවේ ඉහළ නිලධාරීන් පිරිසක් කාලයක පටන් ගිණුම් හිමියන්ගේ කෝටි ගණනක මුදලක් ඔවුන්ගේ අනුදැනුමකින් තොරව ලබාගෙන විශ්වාසය කඩකර සාවද්ය පරිහරණය කර ඇතැයිද රහස් පොලිසිය සාක්ෂි සහිතව අධිකරණය වෙත දැනුම් දී තිබේ.
මෙරට සහ ජාත්යන්තර කීර්තියට පත් ආයුර්වේද වෛද්යවරයෙකු වන කැළුම් වීරසිංහ මහතා විසින් රහස් පොලිසියට කරන ලද පැමිණිල්ලක් අනුව සම්පත් බැංකු වංචාවේ සුලමුල සොයා ගැනීමට රහස් පොලිසිය සමත් වී ඇත.
වංචාවට සම්බන්ධ ඔක්කොම බැංකුව ඇතුළේ
සම්පත් බැංකු වංචාවට අදාළ B 19430/18 දරණ නඩුව කඩුවෙල මහේස්ත්රාත් ප්රසන්න අල්විස් මහතා හමුවේ කැඳවූ අවස්ථාවේදී පැමිණිලිකරු වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටී ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ උපුල් ජයසූරිය මහතා මෙසේ පැවසීය.
“ මෙම වංචාව බැංකු පද්ධතියම හොල්ලපු වංචාවක්.. මෙම වංචාවට සම්බන්ධ සියලු දෙනාම ඉන්නේ සම්පත් බැංකුව තුළයි. මෙම වංචාව බැංකුවේ ඉහල නිලධාරීන්ගේ අනුදැනුම මත සිදුකර තිබෙනවා. රහස් පොලිසිය දැනට අල්ලාගෙන ඇත්තේ බැංකුවේ කළමනාකරුවෙකු පමණයි. ඉදිරියේදී තවත් පුද්ගලයින් රැසක් අල්ලාගැනීමට ඉන්නවා…”
“ ඉතිහාසය ප්රථමවරට බැංකුවේ සේවය කරන පිරිසක්, බැංකු ගනුදෙනු වේලාවෙන් අනතුරුව සිදු කර ඇති කෝටි ගණනක වංචාවට සම්පත් බැංකුවේ අධ්යක්ෂ මණ්ඩලය වගකිව යුතුයි.”
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සම්පත් බැංකුවේ තැන්පත්කරුවන්ගේ මුදල් වංචාවක්
- https://sinhala.srilankamirror.com/news/17877-sampath-bankuwe-siyalu-wancha-banku
Massive Fraud At Sampath Bank: Millions Of Rupees Siphoned Off By Manager And Partners In Crime: Media Hushed Using “Advertising Power”
The scam appeared to have begun nearly one and a half years ago. The victims of the fraud say their cheques and the slips amounts were manipulated and balances were added as Over Drafts (ODs). The fraud came to light when their accounts were audited last year.
Criminal Investigation Department, on 15/01/2019, arrested the suspected bank manager and the other individual and presented them before the Kaduwela Magistrates’ Court. The Magistrate remanded the manager and the other individual for 14 days.
“The auditors had reportedly noticed the inconsistencies in the account, but initially could not figure out what the problem was. Following a thorough process, the auditors were able to identify suspicious transactions on their books and mismatches on their slips and cheques. The victims of this fraud are a group of businessmen in the area including a vehicle importer and an electrical contractor and an electrical shop owner,” a source familiar with the matter told Colombo Telegraph.
The bank manager has, with the help of a regional manager Sampath Bank and the present Manageress of the Thalahena Branch, have debited the account of a customer who is an Ayurvedic physician and made bank transfers to 21 persons who were completely unknown to the customer.
“This is the first time in the banking history that a bank has committed a fraud on a customer,” a banker told Colombo Telegraph. Our sources said there would be criminal liability on the directorate of Sampath Bank.
When the bank manager and another recipient of the cheated money were produced before the Kaduwela Magistrate, journalists from all main media stations have been present at the Magistrate’s Court premises covering the story. However, Sampath Bank, one of the biggest advertisers in the country, presurrized media into not running the story.
When the victims inquired from their bank branch in Thalahena about these fraudulent transactions on their accounts, the branch manager had described it as a “glitch” in the system. Moreover, he had assured them that it would be fixed soon.
The manager had apparently approved ODs for the complainant physician up to Rs 125 Million with no security and no proper application or evaluation of such application, and withdrawn cash. He had then transfered money to people chosen by him and later converted them into loans.
“There is evidence that some of these ODs were approved on bank holidays. Some ODs were approved for accounts opened under victims’ spouses with or without their knowledge. These staff members of the Sampath Bank have been operating a lucrative private bank within the bank, siphoning money off their customers. In order to entice the customers, they have approved overdrafs to such vulnerable customers with no security. In such dubious circumstances some of the customers have allowed the manager to withdraw further funds from their accounts,” our sources added.
A couple months ago, when the manager was transferred to another branch, the victims of the fraud had started receiving letters from the bank asking them to settle those dues, which they never obtained. When the victims complained to the bank, the bank officials had not taken their concerns into consideration. In fact, a senior official at the bank had informed one of the victims in writing that nothing illegal had happened as per their regulations.
It was at this point that the Physician had sought the assistance of the Criminal Investigation Department. After a prolonged investigation, the CID was able to uncover the extent of the fraud. During the period, some victims had even received threatening calls. During the investigation, it was revealed that the fraud was an organized crime.
The victims also claim that the Central Bank of Sri Lanka was in a deep slumber while Sampath Bank was siphoning off the customers’ money.
- https://www.colombotelegraph.com/in...n-crime-media-hushed-using-advertising-power/
Sampath Bank Issues Qualified Denial: Admits Culpability In Massive Fraud: Fails To Answer Pertinent Questions
In a qualified denial, Sampath Bank PLC stated that “some parts” of the story appeared in the media referring to a massive fraud at the bank were inaccurate and misleading.
However, the bank, which has come under great public scrutiny following our story, failed to say which part of the story was inaccurate.
“Due to ongoing investigations, the Bank is not in a position to disclose detailed information,” the statement by the bank said.
Admitting that there was a massive fraud at the bank, the statement said this incident occurred a few months back and the Bank had already taken appropriate measures to correct the situation and ensure no-recurrence.
“We wish to assure the public that we have taken steps to ensure that our customers will not be affected in anyway due to the incident reported,” it started.
The statement by Sampath Bank, curiously, has not made any specific reference to the Colombo Telegraph story which provided extensive details relating to the fraud. The same statement has also been sent to the Chief Operating Officer of the Colombo Stock Exchange.
Sampath Bank, however, has failed to respond to following questions sent to its Chief Legal Officer, Senaka Hewavitharana by Colombo Telegraph.
1. Which parts of the story appeared in Colombo Telegraph are factually incorrect?
2. Has the former Manager of Sampath Bank (Thalahena branch) Manoj Rodrigo been arrested by the CID in connection with a fraud committed on an Ayurvedic Physician a customer of the same Bank? Has he been remanded for 14 days by the Kaduwela Magistrate?
3. Are you in the process of investigating whether any other officials of the bank are involved in the fraud?
4. Did your internal audit initially look into the complaint and exonerate the official who is now under arrest?
5. Were there other officials the bank who were involved in the fraud, apart from the arrested official?
6. Have you by now at least apologized to your customer Ayurvedic Physician and reassured him that all the monies illegally obtained from him by your bank would be refunded with any loss incurred by him has further damages?
- https://www.colombotelegraph.com/in...ve-fraud-fails-to-answer-pertinent-questions/
Sri Lanka Sampath Bank says fraud happened 'few months back'
Jan 29, 2019 17:06 PM GMT+0530
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Sampath Bank has confirmed a media report about a fraud at the bank, saying it occurred “a few months back” and that it could not give details owing to on-going investigations.
The bank in a statement referred to an article published on a website Tuesday morning and being shared on social media about a financial irregularity at Sampath Bank.
“Some of the information published is inaccurate and misleading,” it said.
“However, due to ongoing investigations, the bank is not in a position to disclose detailed information.
“This incident occurred a few months back and the bank has already taken appropriate measures to correct the situation and ensure non-recurrence,” the bank said.
“We wish to assure the public that we have taken steps to ensure that our customers will not be affected in anyway due to the reported incident.”
Sampath Bank’s share price ended at 239.70 rupees Tuesday, up 4.70 rupees or 2.00 percent.
The media report said the fraud had been uncovered by auditors.
It had referred to millions of rupees being siphoned off by a bank manager and others.
(Colombo/January 29/2019)
- https://economynext.com/Sri_Lanka_Sampath_Bank_says_fraud_happened__few_months_back_-3-13285-17.html
Bank frauds should be checked: Law enforcement authorities contact Central Bank regarding Sampath Bank issue; queries clarified
The Law Enforcement Authorities have already contacted the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in connection with the alleged financial fraud at Sampath Bank and their queries were clarified by the Bank Supervision Department (BSD), a Central Bank official said, answering a question on the fraud at Sampath Bank. “Currently investigations are in progress and the matter is before the Court of Law.”
- http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2019/02/03/business/bank-frauds-should-be-checked
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