Major LTTE fundraising scam involving fake credit cards has been discovered by the Indian Police.

There are two Sri Lankans among who have been arrested by the Indian Police in connection with this scam. The arrestees are identified as Baala Ruban alias Ruban alias Kadiravelu Gunaselvan (22) from Vavuniya and Nallatambi Jayasheelan alias Sheelan (25) from Jaffna.

The accused have been found at a lodge in Mangalore along with 11 duplicate credit cards, duplicate passports and gold worth Indian Rs 300,000.

They have confessed that they purchased gold ornaments at Karkal and Mangalore. Primary investigations revealed that the accused were collecting funds for LTTE through fake credit cards.

At the time of arrest, the duo was waiting for another Sri Lankan who was said to be the mastermind behind their operation.

It has been found that their SIM cards contained phone numbers of various persons in many parts of the world. The police suspected the involvement of international hands behind this racket.

The police have filed a case against them in connection with illegal migration and the use of fake credit cards.

Baala Ruban, one of the arrested, had been in Chennai in June 2006 and Sheelan had been India in January 2007.

They were stealing information from the shops by using credit cards. They were using software absorbing devices for stealing information.

The Dakshina Kannada district police have warned businessmen, bankers and other financial institutions to be cautious about fake credit cards.

The arrested had confessed that the fake passport found in the name of Kathiravelu Gunashelvan was prepared at Chennai. Mangalore North Police have registered cases against the arrested.