Seven nabbed for extorting money via social media

December 21, 2021 01:17 pm

Seven Sri Lankan nationals have been placed under arrest for fraudulently extorting money from people through social media platforms, says the police spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa.

The suspects were taken into custody while staying at a hotel at Slave Island.

The arrest has been made by the Walana Anti-Corruption Unit on Monday night (December 20).

Preliminary investigations uncovered that the main suspect in this group is a 35-year-old from Kandy. The other six suspects are reportedly aged between 22 – 40 years.

The suspects are currently being probed under the Money Laundering Act.

The police spokesman urged the general public to exercise caution of such fraudulent activities and people and not to be deceived by them.

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