Roaming man rings up massive phone bill of Rs3 million in 1 day

SRI LANKA: A subscriber set a record by amassing a phone bill of Rs3.2 million by using roaming facilities in less than 24 hours.

The mobile phone company filed a complain against the subscriber to the Colombo Fraud Investigations Bureau (CFIB) saying that the suspect had piled up a huge bill by taking 571 calls after the company offered him roaming facilities against a payment of Rs10,000.

The firm filed a lawsuit against the subscriber for running up such a huge bill.

The subscriber's defence counsel told the court that the SIM card offered to his client had been passed on to a relative who was living in Italy. Therefore, the relative should be held responsible for the offence.

The lawyer told the court that his client had never used the SIM and thereby could not be held responsible.

However, the company maintained that it offered the roaming facilities to the subscriber on an agreement that the subscriber would not entrust the SIM card to a third party and that he would not use it for illegal activities.