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USD 2.5MN GOES MISSING FROM TREASURY
Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka
|April 23, 2026
Finance Ministry appoints an internal investigations committee to find out how a sum of US 2.5 million dollars has gone missing Five member committee have been requested to conclude the investigation and submit the relevant investigation report to the Finance Ministry as soon as possible Monies which have gone missing are associated with an Australian agreement
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The appointed Finance Ministry has an internal investigations committee to find out how a sum of US 2.5 million dollars has gone missing from the Treasury through a series of fradulent emails, the Daily Mirror learns.
According to an internal document circulated by the Finance Ministry, it states that a technical investigations committee has been urgently appointed to probe the detection of fraudulent email communications and the missing bilateral payment of US 2.5 million dollars which was expected to be paid to Australia.
The Daily Mirror learns the monies which have gone missing are associated with an Australian agreement.
The five member committee have been requested to conclude the investigation and submit the relevant investigation report to the Finance Ministry as soon possible.
This story is from the April 23, 2026 edition of Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka.
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