Jan 17, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigations Department has arrested 14 people attached to two Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) for credit card frauds.

On a complaint received from a state bank the CID arrested the 14 individuals allegedly engaged in financial fraud from foreign bank accounts amounting to 263 million rupees.

According to Police Media Spokesperson SSP Prishantha Jayakody further investigations are underway to arrest several more suspects.

The suspects under the guise of NGOs had allegedly misused the funds obtained from foreign nations while utilizing only a small amount of defrauded funds for social service activities.