Four private bank officials remanded over alleged $ 1 b import payments fraud

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1. Tue, 18 August 2026

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   • ft.lk09:41first to report
     Four private bank officials remanded over alleged $ 1 b import payments fraud

     Four officials attached to four private commercial banks — including a branch manager, a sales promotions manager, and two executive officers — were yesterday remanded until 20 August in ..

2. Wed, 19 August 2026

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   • ft.lk05:30
     Investigators of import payments transfer case have failed to verify from foreign exporters: Counsel for AY Investments

     Sections of the print, electronic and related media, have given extensive coverage to reports of alleged transfer from Sri Lanka, of substantial payments effected to foreign exporters of goods, alleging further that no goods had come into the country, without any verification by the investigators, either directly or through the banks, of the goods exported to Sri Lanka, in respect of the payments ..