A Chief Clerk of a bank who was found guilty for diverting a customer’s money to his own account preparing forged documents was yesterday sentenced to 30 years Rigourous Imprisonment by the Colombo High Court.
The judgement was delivered by Colombo High Court Judge Pradeep Hettiarachchi pointing out that breaching public trust in bank is a more serious threat to a country’s economy than stealing money from a bank.
The accused L. Bandara who stole money from an account of Tangalle Bank, which was operate in the bank branch of a bank in Kolonnawa was sentenced by the Colombo High Court. The Attorney General had filed indictment under 9 counts, including diverting the money of another account holder to his own account on three alleged occasions in 2002 and preparing forged documents while he was working as the chief clerk of the Kolonnawa bank branch.
by dailynews sri lanka
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