The Attorney General has filed indictments against Yoshitha Rajapaksa and his grand-aunt Daisy Forrest Wickramasinghe before the Colombo High Court.
The indictments have been filed under the Money Laundering Act, related to a Rs. 59 million joint account belonging to the duo.
Previously, the Police had filed charges against both under the Money Laundering Act after investigations since 2016 found Rajapaksa was unable to provide satisfactory explanations regarding the funds.
According to the investigation, the funds in question were placed in fixed deposits and bank accounts, including a joint account maintained with Daisy Forrest.
The Attorney General then directed the Police to name Forrest as a suspect in the case.
As a result, both Yoshitha Rajapaksa and Forrest were formally named as suspects in the Kaduwela Magistrate’s Court last Sunday (Feb 11), with charges filed under the Money Laundering Act.
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