Case filed against ETF defrauder

Sandasen Marasinghe

A case was filed before the Colombo High Court against a person who allegedly prepared four forged documents and fraudulently obtained Employees Trust Fund (ETF) monies of a third party.

The Attorney General filed the charges against Manik Arachchige Sirimewan Ariyaratne of Lake Road, Boralesgamuwa for preparing fake documents and obtaining ETF monies amounting to Rs. 396,354 of Batugahage Don Indika Gnanaratne Perera.

Ariyaratne was charged that he had prepared a fake document impersonating Perera and forwarded it to Assistant Labour Commissioner Suriyage Jayawardene and made him to remit the ETF money to an account opened by him using fake documents. According to the charges, Ariyaratne had prepared a fake document in March 2005 impersonating Perera and requested to obtain the ETF money stating he joined the Census Department.

Ariyaratne also prepared another forged document impersonating Perera and had opened an account at the Narahenpita branch of a private bank and later had accepted an Automated Teller Machine Card forwarding another forged document.Ariyaratne had also prepared another document fraudulently as an Assistant Commissioner of the Census Department to prove that Perera was working in the Census Department.