Sri Lankan Businesswoman Thilini Priyamali has been acquitted and released from the case in which she was accused of large-scale financial fraud relating to a vehicle purchase, it was reported.

Thilini Priyamali was accused of allegedly issuing a cheque from a bank account with insufficient funds to purchase a vehicle worth Rs. 8 million.

The Attorney General has filed a case against the businesswoman accusing her of committing a criminal breach of trust for issuing a cheque without sufficient funds to another individual to purchase the vehicle.

However, she was acquitted and released from the case after it was taken up for hearing before Colombo High Court Judge Aditya Patabendige on Monday (Dec 11).