Expose: Indi Samarajiva the criminal cyber bully scams Srilankan blogosphere

The Internet, of course, is no stranger to hoaxes. Cyberspace has become home to so many criminals with fabrications. But Indi Samarajiva’s fabrication was constructed so expertly and made so emotionally compelling that even when faced with evidence that it was not true, many people who were sophisticated Internet veterans set aside their skepticism and continued to believe it.

So who is Indi Samarajiva? 

Mostly a troubled kid, a fraudster aged 27, jobless (in every sense of the word), born in September 1982 to Prof.Rohan Samarajiva and Sujatha David Gamage, both of Lirneasia. His real name however is Indrajit Samarajiva. His grandparents are Gamage Don David and Gamage Dona Nandani of Kitulgoda.

He officially blogs at www.indi.ca , unofficially trolls at www.padashow.wordpress.com and hosts www.kottu.org

At 27, Indi Samarajiva is jobless. He calls himself a weekly columnist. Oh well.. He also pretends to be a freelance web designer (whatever that means). But no day job. Turns out the only proper desk job he had was at Dialog from January 2007 before getting kicked out in April 2009.

So what does Indi Samarajiva do for a living? 

Nothing basically. He hosts Kottu and his sorry ass blog and gets paid for all anti Lankan sentiments on it. His recent behavior during presidential elections should stand testimony to this fact.

Indi Samarajiva's life gets funded by parties with vested interests. Kottu is part of it. Indi Samarajiva is a paid UNP Propagandist and a butt boy of UNP economy guru Harsha de Silva (of Lirneasia) who is a butt boy of Ranil. Oh.. this Ranil and his butt boys I tell ya !

    

What is Kottu? 

A mediocre sorry ass blog aggregator at www.kottu.org. It was created on: 17-March-2005 and is currently hosted at stabletransit.com. The initial purchase consideration paid by Indi Samarajiva when acquiring kottu.org domain amounted to US Dollar 70 (USD 10 per annum x 7 years starting 2005 ending 2012).  

What exactly is Srilankan blogosphere? Is it Kottu?

Indi Samarajiva dreams and claims he is the godfather of Srilankan blogosphere. Contrary to his day dreams Srilankan Blogosphere consists of 1- Achcharu  2- Maya Lanka 3- Sri Lanka Blog Spot 4- SL Blogs 5- Z Sri 6- Sri Lanka Blogs 7- Sinhala Bloggers 8- Kottu 9- Kanabona and many more blog syndicators. Kottu is only a part of it.

Do elaborate fraud. How did it happen?

By 2005, Indi Samarajiva had devised a foolproof means of enriching himself by starting a blog aggregator. As a first step he was able to persuade some Canadians to extend financial support.

Step two: Taking advantage of this blogosphere, Indi Samarajiva managed to portray himself as a social worker and volunteer, enabling him access to more funds. Donor contribution is made in the name of Kottu blogosphere and online media activism. Most of them are INGOs.

You can also see this link here where Indi Samarajiva actively seeks funding in his own official blog. This is the only time he admitted to seeking funds, but he’s been soliciting funds for many years now.

Indi Samarajiva’s profits now known

According to the documents Annual profits of Indi Samarajiva (on account of Kottu) were a staggering 5 Million rupees in 2009. Little wonder then this 27-year-old jobless assclown indulges in frequent trips. 

Anyone with an iota of common sense would agree a jobless Johnnie couldn't have hosted Kottu let alone indulge in the kind of luxuries Indi Samarajiva, our donor-funded mogul indulges in. 

Indi Samarajiva is guilty of first soliciting donations, then misappropriating donor funds, serving himself to monies donated for the running of Kottu to instead organize tamashas and divert donor funds to his and other personal bank accounts.

Salaries paid

It has been found that Indi Samarajiva accepted a salary to do humanitarian work while also claiming huge sums from many project funds towards personal expenses. Money was received from a global donor network. However Indi Samarajiva bypassing all norms and regulations governing basic human conscience had galloped with funds defeating the fundamental objectives by which any humanitarian volunteer is bound by law to function.

Stunning revelations in a Taprobane Uncut investigative report detail how Indi Samarajiva not only drew donor funds and deposited same in his personal bank accounts, but also claimed remuneration packages for work that is usually done on a voluntary basis, since it is humanitarian and for the benefit of the war victims. What a peacenik?

Additionally, Indi Samarajiva claimed expenditure for so-called blogger meetups and Open Mic sessions, but no details are available with regard to which blogger meet up.

Accountability of Indi Samarajiva

A donor, who declined to be named, said Indi Samarajiva should not only be held accountable, but taken to criminal court and given strict punishment. “There needs to be strict indicators (regulations) given after this so that Indi Samarajiva and his ilk do not rob peoples’ money,” he said. He also said that just as much as the politicians are corrupt, so is Indi Samarajiva.

Governance

A top legal source said that now it seems that Indi Samarajiva who had taken upon himself to be stalwarts of good governance seems speechless. There is substantial evidence that Indi Samarajiva is at fault. The next question is what does Indi Samarajiva have to say about this.  He always complains about corruption in the public sector, now what?"

Proof and evading inquiry

When the investigations began to turn serious with evidence mounting against Indi Samarajiva, he evaded contacts by Taprobane Uncut on his mobile.

Indi Samarajiva had avoided all requests to present himself and explain his conduct.

Taprobane Uncut has evidence of an enormous fraud initiated by Indi Samarajiva in order to profit from the Srilankan blogosphere.

Indi Samarajiva and and his accomplice in the wine and dine cocktail blogger circles creamed off many millions over the years. Indi Samarajiva was not only misappropriating funds he was also knowingly hurting Sri Lankan bloggers; doubly ironic as Indi Samarajiva is of course a Srilankan blogger.

Millions of rupees unnecessarily spent and inevitably pocketed by Indi Samarajiva and his accomplices, some of whom will no doubt feel the necessity now to ass lick and defend Indi Samarajiva. Sure they have to be faithful for those cocktail parties?

Sanajan Hattotuwa of Ground views and Dinidu De Alwis of Perambara too fall into this criminal funded category.

The fraud is sufficiently gross, and The Taprobane Uncut calls on the Srilankan blogosphere to take action before more harm is done to Sri Lankan bloggers.

If you are a donor or sponsor of any kind, don't be mislead when Indi Samarajiva of Kottu approaches you with a funding proposal. It only goes to subsidize his moronic existence.

Please beware of Indi Samarajiva, and this cyber bully's dirty games camouflaged as social service. Avoid scams and fraud. For years the Srilankan blogsphere has been a catalyst for scammer Indi Samarajiva, who knows people will be digging into their pockets to help the blogosphere. If there's a chance at getting people's money, the crook will pounce on it like a shark sensing blood. Beware any deal involving Indi Samarajiva. Same is true of Sanjana Hattotuwa and Dinidu De Alwis. Don’t fund these minions.