The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption has taken legal action against the former Governor of the Central Bank Ajith Nivard Cabraal and four others for causing Rs. 1843.3 Million loss to the government trough the purchase of Treasury Bills.
The Commission said that it has filed a case in the High Court of Colombo yesterday following investigations into a complaint lodged by former Parliamentarian Sujeewa Senasinghe.
The complaint pertains to the purchase of Treasury Bills issued by the Government of Greece during the country's financial crisis in 2012.
The complaint alleges that the purchase of these Treasury Bills, conducted with prior knowledge of the crisis resulted in a loss of Rs. 1,843,267,595 to the Government.
Accordingly, after completing their investigations, the Commission filed a case against Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Kankanamge Gamage Don Dharmasena Deerasinghe, Bendarage Don Wasantha Ananda Silva, Chandrasiri Jayasinghe Panditha Siriwardena and Harankaha Arachchilage Karunaratne in the Colombo High Court under Case No. HCB 271/2024.
