Sri Lanka, June 29 -- An individual who cheated various business entities and people out of money by falsely posing as a senior official of the Inland Revenue Department was arrested, the Kompannavidiya Police state.

The suspect was arrested in the Galgamuwa police division the day before yesterday (27) following a lengthy investigation conducted according to a complaint made to the Kompannavidiya Police Station by the Inland Revenue Department on June 05, the police say.

A 50-year-old resident of the Thambuttegama area was arrested in this manner.

Police investigations revealed that the suspect gave phone calls to entities that pay taxes regularly, introducing himself as an officer of the Inland Revenue Department.

He then acted to g...