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#IshiniGate: Sri Lankan influencer accused of siphoning $82,000 raised for Easter attack victims

#IshiniGate: Sri Lankan influencer accused of siphoning $82,000 raised for Easter attack victims

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The fundraiser on gofundme.com was created on 21 April 2019.

According to several updates on her fundraising campaign, Weerasinghe claims to have withdrawn the funds amounting to approximately 15 million sri lankan rupees in mid-June 2019.

She also claims that she faced several issues with regards to the disbursal of funds due to the church politics in sri lanka and various other obstacles.

Weerasinghe also claims that she has entrusted the collection of recipts to an individual, which according to her may serve as proof of the funds being genuinely distributed among Sri Lanka's easter attack victims.

However, individual clarifications on fund disbursan, particularly in the negombo parish, have turned up to the disappointment of many who supported ishni weerasinghe's initiative on gofundme.Com.

Ishni Weerasinghe has also been accused of misusing her fame in order to dupe and manipulate unsuspecting individuals.

Up against the overwhelming accusations against her, ishni weerasinghe has thus far not yet been able to provide any concrete proof regarding the disbursal of funds through her fundraising campaign for sri lanka's easter attack victims and their families.

The Catholic church in Sri Lanka meanwhile has not issues a clarification or expressed its opinion in this regard.