Expos -Pradeep Gunawaradana 1 Billion Heist..Will He Get Away ?Expos -Pradeep Gunawaradana 1 Billion Heist..Will He Get Away ?Lankanewsweb.netAug 29, 2015Among the distinguished American citizens like gotabaya, Basil, Dallas who landed on our shores many years ago, was a man named Pradeep Gunawardana, Before he left Los Angeles with the dream team, he swindled money from his third wife Dreena Marie De Silva and used it to wiggle his way into the bosom of the Rajaksas, a few months later poor Dreena De Silva declared bankruptcy in the central district of California (see proof)

Pradeep on the other hand prospers in the new land of opportunity with the help of the Rajapaksas and former minister Bandula Gunawardena, He is apointed STC chairman where he plunders millions of funds sharing it abundantly with the minister, and for his hard work he is rewarded with post of Chief SLFP organiser for Colombo East.after the defeat of Mahinda Rajapaksa he tried to crawl his way back to the UNP but was not successful, then he moved with SLFP Secretary Susil Premajayantha anticipating a UPFA victory at the General Election.after the defeat of the UPFA he is now attempting to be the Cooley of the young unsuspecting MP Duminda Dissanayake, knowing very well he has the ear of the current president, one case in point would be their recent meeting in a hotel owned by Pradeep. Does the unsuspecting Duminda Dissanyake know that this is the same guy who imported cheap cloth for uniforms for innocent school children in government schools that turned yellow after the first wash ! ? or imported Milk powder from his wives company paid by STC which was later just thrown away ??Pradeep Gunawaradan is already being investigated by the FCID and the Bribery Commission ( case number BC/2370/2011/B15 ), and yet he roams free and most likely will get away with the billion he defrauded from the Tax payeras they say the proof is in the pudding, when he arrived in sri lanka, he did not have a house to stay nor a vehicle to drive, he was given an apartment in mallasekara maw and a car by an old friend from Galle Udaya Wijetunge (who he subsequently cheated by the way) and nowguess ?. Pradeep Gunawardana owns a BMW, a hotel, an Orchid Business among many others, a new house in 76/17 sirikanda, jothikarama rd and oh yes a brand new wife half his age :)he is the classic example of how the Rajapaksa Lackeys prospered from the Tax payer money and yet they roam free, are we to simply watch in silence or stand up and do something about this.below is some of his fraudulent activities with proof attached; what more can the public do to make the authorities paid by us to act on this ?To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism.
G. Edward GriffinName Mr. Pradeep GunawaradanePosition Chairman State Trading (general) Corporationcase squander of public moneyamount over 1,000 million SL RupeesBribery commission case number BC/2370/2011/B15Alleged Corruption & Case Study -1. Purchase of Rice A Two Billion Waste of Public Funds
considered one of the biggest crimes in recent times
Purchase of 35,000 metric tons of rice in January 2010 for a sum of 2 billion rs on the pretext of relieving the Public from the increasing cost of local Rice.STC Chairman Pradeep Gunawardana came forward to import the rice through the Public owned State Trading (General) Corporation. He purchased it via the following 3 companies (Proof Annex 6)a) Rank International thru Yununs Brothers (textile exporters)b) Plywood House (plywood manufacturers)c) A.L Bogari (traders)none of the above are qualified rice traders or manufacturers. Yet L/cs were opened at
an average of 520$s a metric tonne when the average import price at the same time was 320$s. (Proof Annex 7)Please see attached documents of L/C opened to plywood manufacturer etc who have never imported rice before
(Proof Annex 8)
Tenders were not called and due diligence study was not done. Many paper articles highlighted this impeding squander of public money but was ignored due to Sheer arrogance or greed.It is evident from Board paper # 59/10, item no. 10/07/342/7687, that in February 2011 the purchased rice was disposed as non suitable for human consumption (Proof Annex 9)The said rice was lying for over 1 year in the warehouses of Welisara etc and finally 21,000 tons of
The rice bought at 525$s a ton was sold at 336.55 dollars to the UAE !! Thats about
35 rupees a kilo!!!!! Currently rice in sri lanka is around 60rs , yet its exported at a loss
of over 500,000,000 million rupees while the balance is either still lying hidden in the STC
where-houses or have been sold to private vendors by the Chairman at a loss.Total of over 1 Billion1,000,000,000 rs of Public funds have been squandered which amounts to criminal negligence2. Import of Milk from his 3rd Wifes company Millions of Public Funds Wasted
The Milk was Purchased from a company named Sarero International (pvt) Ltd(PV 64193), No Tender was called to ascertain if theirs was the best possible offer. (Proof Annex 2)b. A director of Sarero International (pvt) Ltd, is the STC chairman Mr. Pradeep Gunawardenes Mistress & later wife (proved by the fact that before marriage her address was same as Pradeeps) Subhashini Akuratiya Gamage (ID # 726570540) (Proof Annex 3 & 4) She was also assistant marketing manager of Ceylon Tourist Board during this period which is a conflict of interest.c. The Milk Powder could have been purchased at a far lesser price than 180rs as cost of imports and packaging of milk powder for Sarero International was just 141rs, hence Public did not get complete benefit from this transaction. L/C # BTD/MO18212. Due to Huge commissions or misappropriation of funds taken by Pradeep Gunawardane and his wife Subhashini, the milk was sold at 240 rs a 400gr pack!!! (Proof Annex 5)d. Since the public could get better quality milk at a lesser price, the product was never sold and finally was sold for 100rs a pack to a Manufacturer namely Michiko Yogurt incurring a loss of 81.22rs per packet not considering storage and distribution.
e. It is still unclear what happened to the balance packets, assuming they were sold at a nominal price the loss of public funds would be millions of rupees with no positive results.3. Sexual Harassment CASE
On the 4th of November 2010, M/s O. C. Kumarapperuma resigned from her post after serving STC for 9 years sighting sexual Harassment by the Chairman Mr. Pradeep Gunawardene as the reason for he resignation. (Proof Annex 10)4. Renting Stores space of 35,000 sqft for rent at 1,250,000rs per Month, which is not worth more than 500,000 rsNO Procedure followed for this transaction, was this advertised and quoted called for, was tender procedure followed? If so the results of this?5. Importing of School childrens uniforms fraudulently (Annex 11)6. e-Learning Project with a loan of over 100 million from LOLCL
when government Banks refused to provide the loansSTC is now engaged in a programme called the E-Learning Projectwith Etisalat and The Ministry of Education. For this STC was planning to Borrow 340 million rupees to Purchase 5,000 computers and the project was launched in January 2012a. Is this Proposed Borrowings of 340 million for purchase of computers or cover the losses incureed by STC?b. Have Tenders being called for the purchace of computers as it is reliability learnt STC is purchasing a computer at 64,000rs when laptops are available at far less price when purchased individually and it is common sense that if 5,000 numbers are purchased it will be far less.c. For a 100 million borrowing the estimates profit would be 2.5 million which is just 2.5% as per Board paper item # 11/05/347/7766 , Board paper number 35/11, where are it is also forecasted a loss of 5 million. As per the purchases of rice and Milk, it is in the interest of the Public to asses the feasibility of this programme before it squanders more public funds. (Proof Annex )7. Embezzlement of Upahara and other Income
The STC audited accounts were manipulated to top hide all losses, the attached documents will clearly show how the whole process was manipulated with his Accountant Mr. Nonis who is wanted by the CID over the misappropriation of Golden Key Funds (Proof Annex 14)8. Some of the paper articles against Pradeep (Proof Annex 15)Background
Hailing from matugama, down south..He tried his hand in many failed businesses including import of Chemicals. After this he befriended mr. Udaya Wijetunge from galle who introduced him to UNP MP Vajira Abeygunawardena who helped him get a position at the sri lanka Timber co-operation which he was forced to leave due to falsification of documents.After that.. thru the help of the MP Vajira, MP Bandula Gunawardne & Ranil Wickremesinghes secretary Sugath Chandratileke, he got a posting in Los Angeles as a Honorary Counsel in around 2004.He was forced to leave that position due to misappropriation of funds and returned to sri lanka during the PA Regime Headed by Pr. Mahinda Rajapakse. He continued his friendship with MP Bandula Gunawardene which paid dividends when he was appointed as Chairman STC and MD of Lankapuwath when the minister was Minister of Trade in 2009.He was forced to leave Lankapuvath when he allegedly embezzled 30 million rupees from The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd, owner of lankapuvath, he never accounted for the money he borrowed.He is is known to have started or had vested interest in many companies through which he does all the deals for State Trading Co-operation, They Include Southern Western Optima based in Singapore thru his Friend Udaya for import of Tires, Round the Clock with the daughter of MP Sarath GUnarathne , Sarero International with his current wife Subhashini for the import of MILK, Michiko Yogurt in Nathandiya to dispose his excess stock, Plywood House from down south to import RICE, ORIKA based in Singapore for import of Amonium & Potasium Nitrate, Trateek General Trading from UAE to dispose excess stock of Rice etc, BROWNS GROUP for Exide Batteries and to Get Loans from LOLCL etc etcPERSONL LIFE
He is know to be married 3-4 times with around 3 kids, His brush with wealth came when he married his second or third wife Dreena De Silva of 1025 South Burnside Avenue, Los Angeles, CA while he was in los Angeles, Then He allegedly married his 3-4th wife (Subhashini) the same year around 2009-10 after he squandered and stole his wealthy wife Dreena Marie De Silvas immense wealth, as a result she declared Bankruptcy (case number 2:09-bk-42475) in the central district of California His is also known to Have threatened current wife Subhashinis husband with murder to force him to agree to give her the divorce as she was married at the time.

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