CID team goes to China to assist in website hacking probe

A team from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has left for China to assist in investigations in a case where 17 Chinese and a Sri Lankan allegedly hacked into websites and carried out frauds. The 17 Chinese suspects that included 6 women who were arrested on May 24 in Colombo by the Cyber Crime Division of the CID within three weeks after they received complaints from China, were deported to China where they face charges. The suspects allegedly hacked into data bases of Chinese companies and defrauded over US dollars two million. The Sri Lankan suspect who was also arrested on the same day was identified as Prasanna Vitharanage who is married to a Chinese.

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