Police hunt for suspect responsible for large-scale foreign job scam

 

Nawalapitiya Police have launched an investigation into a large-scale foreign employment racket in Ginigathena, Nuwara Eliya.

Accordingly, Police are on the lookout for a resident of Nawalapitiya who had visited the Blackwater Estate in Ginigathena in August, and promised nearly 200 workers foreign employment.

He is believed to have promised 197 estate workers jobs at tourist hotels in the Maldives, assuring that they would be able to earn a monthly wage of Rs.183,000.

The suspect then obtained large sums of money from the victims, under the pretence that the money would be used for the relevant procedures.