TV Channel Marketing Officer who swindled money by promising to send people to Australia arrested

A sales executive of a well-known private television channel in this country, who committed a financial fraud exceeding one crore rupees by promising jobs in Australia, has been arrested by the Police Unit of the Investigation Division of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment. This arrest was made on July 15, 2026, in the Avissawella area.

Investigations revealed that the suspect, by misleading individuals residing in various parts of the island and showing them the dream of Australian jobs, fraudulently obtained between 2.5 million and 3.5 million rupees from each person. Accordingly, the total amount he has defrauded from various individuals is said to exceed one crore rupees.

Eight complaints had been received by the Special Investigation Division of the Bureau of Foreign Employment against the person involved in this financial racket. Although officers had attempted to arrest the suspect on several previous occasions, he had cleverly evaded investigation officers and remained hidden. Subsequently, through a decoy deployed by the investigation officers, steps were taken to contact the suspect by stating a need for a foreign job. Accordingly, the officers succeeded in cornering the suspect, who was staying in Avissawella town, after great effort.

Under the charges of recruiting for foreign jobs without a valid license from the Bureau of Foreign Employment and committing financial fraud, 8 cases have been filed against the suspect in the Avissawella Magistrate's Court. After the arrested sales executive was produced before the Avissawella Magistrate's Court on July 16, the Magistrate ordered him to be remanded until July 30.