Probe into Rs. 3.2 m mobile phone bill

18 June 2013 04:04 pm Views - 10868

The Colombo Fraud Investigations Bureau (CFIB) had begun an investigation into a fraud committed against a mobile phone company by a subscriber who had set a record by amassing a bill of Rs.3.2 million for using roaming facilities in less than 24 hours.

The mobile phone company had complained to the CFIB that the suspect Mujahideen Mohammed Musharaf had piled up a bill of Rs.3.2 million by taking 571 calls after the company offered him roaming facilities on a payment of Rs.10, 000 as a deposit on January 1, 2013.

When the case came up for hearing before Colombo Fort Magistrate ThilinaGamage, the defence counsel said the SIM card offered to his client had been given to a his relative living in Italy  as such it was his relative who should be held  responsible for the offence. He told Court that his client had never used the SIM and thereby was not answerable to the charges.

However, the company maintained that it offered the roaming facilities to the subscriber on an agreement that the subscriber would not entrust the SIM to a third party and that he would not use it for illegal activities. (LakmalSooriyagoda)