A Sacramento businessman and owner of the city’s former World TeamTennis franchise has been arrested in a federal fraud case.
Deepal Wannakuwatte was named in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Sacramento and was arrested Thursday evening. . . .
Wannakuwatte, a 63-year-old native of Sri Lanka, made his initial appearance in court this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney, who advised him of the charges against him and his legal rights. She set a bail hearing for next Thursday and ordered that he remain in custody until then.
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The case involves Wannakuwatte’s medical supply business, International Manufacturing Group, and doesn’t appear to be related to his ownership of the Sacramento Capitals.