Two suspects including former Litro Gas Chairman Shalila Moonasinghe who were arrested in connection with the alleged transferring of USD 1.1 million from Far Eastern International Bank of Taiwan to their personal account in Sri Lanka were ordered to be further remanded till November 6 by the Colombo Fort Magistrate, today.
Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne refused to grant bail to the suspect, taking into consideration the seriousness of the offence.
On October 6, the CID arrested the first suspect Janaka Chaminda Nammuni of Rajagiriya regarding the incident when he was attempting to withdraw Rs. 80 million from a local bank account.
The second suspect Shalila Moonasinghe was arrested on October 9, on the charge of misappropriating Rs.30 million.
According to CID reports, the Far Eastern International Bank was hacked by means of a computer virus and some US$60 million was wired to the accounts of the suspects at a Sri Lanka bank in Colombo.
The CID initiated an investigation following a complaint made by Bank of Ceylon about this fraudulent money transaction on October 6.
The Taiwanese government also took a decision to send investigators to Sri Lanka to probe the cyber money heist.
At a previous occasion, Colombo Additional Magistrate Jeyaram Trotsky issued an order to the controller of Immigration and Emigration by preventing Shalila Moonasinghe from leaving the country in connection with the Taiwan bank heist.
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