UN Corruption Files Sri Lanka: Can The UN Getaway With A Fraud Of Over US $ 1.5 Million?
By Colombo Telegraph -
Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general
In July 2012, Colombo Telegraph exposed how a leaked UN email suggests that UN money went to LTTE. Another leaked UN email suggests that the FAO Representative, Patrick Evans and the Assistant FAO Representative (Administration), Dihan Hettige was fully aware of the LTTE connections in this US $ 1.5 million fraud.
The FAO in Sri Lanka purchased project deliveries for the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka to a value exceeding US$ 1.5 million from three ‘Ghost’ companies Dev Traders, A. F. Associates and YCO Farm. These ‘Ghost’ companies could not be found at their given registered addresses. Two FAO staff members Niranjala Gunaraj, Finance Assistant and Thevarajah Vaigunthan, National Project Officer both attached to the FAO Emergency Unit collected the payments on behalf of these three companies.
