FBI Join Hands with FCID and Probing Namal’s Fraud?

MP Namal  Rajapakshe’s past   payments to Lobby Groups of the US to promote Sri Lanka’s image and to the renowned Squire Patton Boggs of the US, with Sri Lanka Central Bank approval runs into millions of US dollars have been paid into personal accounts, it has now been surfaced. FCID alone cannot handle this investigation as huge payments are made to individuals and organisations in foreign countries. Hence, joint investigation by FBI of US and FCID of Srilanka is initiated to investigate this fraud.

These frauds had been aided by former Sri Lankan ambassador to the US Jaliya Wickramasooriya, who is currently in remand custody.

The FCID has accused Wickramasooriya of swindling 322,027.35 USD through two persons – 250,000 USD to PP International owned by Sri Lankan Brendon Soza and the balance 82,027.35 USD to Paper Crown LLC owned by Sri Lankan-born American Vinod Basnayake. Basnayake has been identified as Namal’s accomplice.

Wickramasooriya is accused over a sum of around 300,000 USD, but Namal and Vinod are to face charges of swindling millions of USD. Also, Wickramasooriya’s brother, Maj. Prasanna Wickramasooriya had been Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority during the Mahinda’s regime, and he has now fled his residence at Atlanta, US and is living in hiding at Seattle, investigators have revealed. A website has disclosed all above details.