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SriLankan Airlines clarifies reports of fraudulent payments in UAE and funds misappropriation in India
📅 Date: May 18, 2026
SriLankan Airlines has issued a clarification regarding two separate incidents of financial transactions involving an erroneous payment linked to a compromised email account of a service provider in the UAE) and an alleged misappropriation of funds in India, confirming that investigations currently underway.
According to the national carrier, a payment amounting to AED 974,000 in the UAE was fraudulently redirected after the email account of a Dubai-based service provider was compromised.
In a separate incident, it said that certain employees at the airline’s Chennai office in India are alleged to have misappropriated INR 22 million by altering invoices and payment details.
The airline stated that investigations are ongoing in both cases.
Accordingly, SriLankan Airlines today issued a clarification regarding the two separate financial transactions involving an erroneous payment linked to a compromised email account of a service provider in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as well as alleged misappropriation of company funds in India.
