“Large-scale Foreign Employment Racket”
Owner of ‘Rainbow Manpower’ remanded until February 13th
CID ordered to submit assets report
The Gangodawila Magistrate has ordered the owner of “Rainbow Manpower,” a foreign employment agency involved in a large-scale job scam promising employment in Romania, to be further remanded until February 13th.
The individual remanded is the same suspect arrested on October 10th last year for allegedly defrauding over Rs. 900 million (90 Crore) while operating the agency in Maharagama.
The Magistrate ordered the respondent to submit a report during the next court hearing outlining how the defrauded funds will be repaid to the victims.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) was directed to present a comprehensive report on the suspect’s assets to the court on that date.
The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) had received approximately 470 complaints against the suspect for promising jobs in Romania. These complaints were subsequently handed over to the CID for further investigation. Additionally, the CID has independently received over 400 more complaints regarding this scam.
The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment and the Criminal Investigation Department appeared in court on behalf of the prosecution.
