2 arrested for swindling Rs. 150 mn from HNB!

The Commercial Crimes Investigation Division of the CID has arrested two persons for swindling over Rs. 150 million from 76 current account holders of the Hatton National Bank.

One suspect is  Neil Christopher Soyza who was a regional manager of the HNB head office and the other is an organized financial criminal named Thikarathnam Ravichandran alias 'Celltell Ravi'.

After being produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate, one of them were ordered to be remanded until March 31.

Investigations have revealed that money of three businessmen who hold premier level accounts at the bank have also been swindled in this manner.

Authorities have further learnt that this racket had been in motion for 06 months.