Borella Sirisumana Thero, who lives in Kadawatha Siri Arantaka Samadhi Aranya Viharaya has used false pretences to obtain investments from millionaire tycoons.
Srirsumana Thero is currently in remand prison after being accused of a multi-billion rupee financial scam. This was revealed by the Criminal Investigation Department yesterday (02) before the Fort Magistrate Court.
This suspect had visited the house of a prospective investor and pretended to be a deity, in a trance, and persuaded the businessman to invest in this business run by Thilini Priyamali. The businessman eventually invested 750 million rupees in Thilini Priyamali’s business.
This businessman has given the relevant photographs to the Criminal Investigation Department along with his complaint and the CID has presented them to the court.
When Magistrate Thilina Gamage showed the suspect Thero this photo, Thero said he came to that house to bless the money.
Meanwhile, the suspect Thilini Priyamali claims that the gold bars that are given as collateral to those who invest money in her businesses are kept in the custody of this thero until they receive the benefits and that she took the investors to the Kadavatha Vihara of the monk concerned and showed them the gold bars.
However, it has been revealed that these gold bars given as collateral for money investments are not real gold bars but brass counterfeits.
