Man who used forged property records in real-estate fraud arrested

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has arrested an individual allegedly responsible for cheating millions from unsuspecting victims by forging deeds and selling properties in various parts of the country.

Police spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said that the arrested suspect had obtained citizenship in Norway.

The suspect had forged records and sold properties in various parts of the country which he had no ownership of.

The police spokesman requested victims of the real-estate fraud suspect to notify the CID immediately regarding their dealings with him.  

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(Source: Ada Derana)

CID exposes huge land rackets

Racketeers including notaries public and land sale dealers have been taken into custory for large-scale illegal land grabbing in Colombo and the suburbs, Criminal Investigations Department (CID) detectives said. At least 30 such groups have been arrested so far after the CID probed some 4,300 complaints made following a Defence Ministry announcements calling on victims to inform the CID, the detectives said.

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(Source: Sunday Times)

CID probes big frauds in house and property deals

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has assigned a team to track down racketeers behind illegal house or land transactions, a senior officer said. The probe comes on a directive from Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa amidst an increasing number of complaints, some of which he had received personally.

The CID will probe cases of persons illegally acquiring houses on forged documents, cases of driving out the owners by force, extorting money from owners of houses and cases of selling or mortgaging lands owned by others, the officer said.

Among the victims have been persons who have migrated few years ago and returned recently.
Complaints could be made by calling 011-2320141 -5. Fax – 0112380380.


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(Source: Sunday Times)