The former General Manager of the Coconut Cultivation Board (CCB), K.D. Lionel Dharmasiri (64) has been arrested by the Financial and Commercial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over an alleged fraud of more than Rs. 70 million from the Employees’ Provident Fund of the Board.
This fraud has allegedly taken place in 2015 and 2021, and the EPF money of the employees is said to have been given to others through cheques.
After receiving a complaint, the CID, following investigations, arrested two female officers who were in the positions of accountant and assistant accountant in 2023.
