Sri Lanka, June 3 -- A further report regarding the incident in which a sum of US$ 25 million belonging to the Sri Lankan Treasury was transferred to a fraudulent party, was submitted to Colombo Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena today by the Criminal Investigation Department.

At that stage, presenting facts on the progress of the investigation, investigating officers informed court that officials of the Department of External Resources, who had carried out the loan repayment process, had made the payments based on invoices received through the email address of Export Finance Australia, without making any inquiry regarding the original agreement or seeking any further information.

Investigating officers further informed court that the data...