Accounts-head tries to credit Sri Lanka Cricket funds to his own account!

Accounts-head tries to credit Sri Lanka Cricket funds to his own account!

Wimal Nandika Dissanayaka (42), chief finance officer of Sri Lanka Cricket was taken into custody last evening by Criminal Investigation Department on suspicion of an incident of trying to divert funds being owed to the board to another account.

The suspect who lives in Galawilawatta in Homagama is suspected of having tried to engage in acts of cheating payments made to Sri Lanka Cricket by Sony Company who had broadcasting rights

since the year 2013. Payments by Sony Company to Sri Lanka Cricket is made in three stages. It is that fifty percent is paid when a date is finalised for a tournament to be played in the island and another thirty five percent is paid after the players have arrived here for the tournament concerned and the final balance of fifteen percent is paid once the cricket fixture is over.

Chief financial Officer of Sri Lanka Cricket has instructed Sony Company to credit monies to another account number the series of games played with South Africa recently in Sri Lanka and not to the account of Sri Lanka Cricket. In the same way, the same instructions were issued when the England team arrived in the island. This account in fact is in operation in America.

Sony Company has smelt something fishy in these instructions and has taken action in informing the chief executive officer of Sri Lanka Cricket about this situation. Chief executive officer Mr. Ashley de Silva has in turn notified Minister of Sports and on the latter's instructions complained to police financial division about an attempt made to divert a sum of 5.5 million US dollars to another account when in reality the monies belonged to Sri Lanka Cricket. Information is being revealed that it was a suspicious American account linked to the suspect. As such, apparently chief financial officer of Sri Lanka Cricket has tried to pinch the said funds privately by having it credited to the said account. The suspect is expected to be produced before Fort Magistrate Court today (23).