Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) officials confirmed that no email-hacking had taken place and it was an employee as suspected previously, who made the alleged attempt to transfer US$ 5.5 million (LKR 900 million), connected to broadcasting rights of the England tour, to an offshore account.
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According to SLC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ashley de Silva, the employee in question – who SLC officials refused to identify by name, only stating he was the Head of Finance – had been put on compulsory leave until the completion of the investigation being carried out by the Criminal Investigation Division (CID).
“We have sent the Head of Finance on compulsory leave because he has been corresponding with Sony in the past and also since the email with the falsified information was sent from his account.”
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The accused individual had sent an email to Sri Lanka’s international television rights partners Sony Pictures Network with a falsified board paper which stated that a payment due for the upcoming England series be made to an offshore account in Hong Kong.
SLC’s IT Manager Nadeeshan Suriyaarachchige commenting on the issue stated that “Fake email addresses, using the names of the CEO (Ashley de Silva) and COO (Jerome Jayaratne) were used. During the initial investigation, we recovered all the digital data and that is how we have evidence that this was not as a result of email hacking,” Suriyaarachchige said.
There were rumors earlier that the accused individual who is on compulsory leave, had denied the allegations stating that his e-mail was hacked.
According to SLC’s Competent Authority (CA) Kamal Pathmasiri, who is also the Secretary to the Minister of Sports, action will be taken against whoever found guilty in regard with the fraud.
“We will take whatever action necessary (to punish anyone involved) but only after we can prove it within a legal framework,”
Kamal Pathamasiri – SLC CA
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