Court orders nationwide acceptance of complaints against ONMAX DT pyramid scheme scam
September 26, Colombo (LNW): Colombo Chief Magistrate Thilina Gamage on September 25 ordered all Police stations island-wide to accept complaints pertaining to victims of the ONMAX DT pyramid scheme scam.
No formal complaints involving this financial scam have been processed to date, and all police stations, therefore, have been ordered to formulate a model to lodge complaints of those deprived of their money due to their subjugation to ONMAX.
Accordingly, Chief Magistrate Gamage has ordered the Senior Deputy Inspector General (Administration) to issue a directive for the formulation of a model accepting such complaints.
The Court further ordered Sampath Sandaruwan, the Director of ONMAX DT and the third suspect to the case, to appear before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on November 04, 2024 and to produce information he has knowledge of, and other suspects to produce plans of lands and houses required for the obtainment of estimation records of five properties owned by the suspects.
Attorney-at-Law Namal Rajapaksa appearing for the aggrieved party told Court that the depositors of ONMAX DT scheme suffer from severe frustration due to the scam, thereby expecting an immediate relief.
State Counsel Oswald Perera appearing for the Attorney General’s Department told Court that associations formed by the aggrieved parties consist of more than 2,000 members.
About 100 complaints pertaining to the aforementioned pyramid scheme have received so far, and orders could have been issued for the the Attorney General’s Office, the Sri Lanka Police, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and the Judiciary to take necessary steps for the reimbursement of money, had any formal complaints been lodged, the State Counsel added.
Anuja Premaratne PC appearing for the suspects told Court that their clients have produced information pertaining to more than 65,000 depositors of the scheme, adding that the so called associations of the aggrieved should have produced accurate information.
