SriLankan Airlines has issued a clarification regarding two separate financial incidents involving a fraudulent payment in the UAE and alleged fund misappropriation at its Chennai office in India.

The airline noted that an AED 974,000 payment to a Dubai-based service provider was fraudulently redirected after the provider’s email account was allegedly compromised and bank details were altered.

In a separate case, several employees at the airline’s Chennai office are alleged to have misappropriated INR 22 million by altering invoices, payment details and signatures.

SriLankan Airlines stated that investigations are ongoing in Sri Lanka, the UAE and India, while steps are being taken to recover the losses.