Mahinda Kahandagamage arrested for cheque fraud

December 9, 2015 02:35 pm

The former Chairman of the Federation of Self-Employed, Mahinda Kahandagamage, has been arrested by Cinnamon Garden Police in connection with a cheque fraud investigation.

The police media unit said that the suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged against him for allegedly cashing a cheque worth Rs 1,650,000 not belonging to him.

The complaint states that Kahandagamage had swapped vehicles with another individual recently and that the former had cashed a cheque which had been inside the vehicle belonging to the latter.

Kahandagamage, a former CMC memeber, was also arrested by the Fraud Investigation Unit of the Wellawatte police on February 09 for allegedly swindled money of hundreds of mobile vendors.

Mahinda Kahanda Gamage arrested
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