Sri Lanka, Oct. 31 -- A 30-year-old man has been arrested over an alleged financial fraud amounting to more than Rs. 59.6 million, carried out by entering false information into the computer data system of a private company where he was employed.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), through its Financial Investigation Division 4, launched an investigation following a complaint alleging that the suspect had fraudulently obtained a total of Rs. 59,656,496.84 by manipulating computer records, thereby committing criminal misappropriation and breach of trust.

Police stated that a team of officers from the CID's Katunayake Unit arrested the suspect yesterday (30) in connection with the alleged fraud.

The suspect is a resident of the ...