Relative of Shalila Moonesinghe arrested over hacking case


(MENAFN- Colombo Gazette)

The relative of the former Chairman of Litro gas Shalila Moonesinghe has been arrested in connection to the ongoing investigations over the hacking of a bank in Taiwan.

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) arrested Moonesinghe's relative in at Kalubowila.

Moonesinghe was arrested by the CID earlier after US$1.1 million from the Far Eastern International Bank in Taiwan was found in his personal bank account.

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. (Colombo Gazette)

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Colombo Gazette

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