Malawi Revenue Authority arrests businessman for fraud: Rafik Amad
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has arrested Managing Director of Intertrade Agency and Mozimplex, a Mozambique based company, Mohamed Rafik Amad, for allegedly using false custom documents to externalize forex.
Amad was arrested on Tuesday, June 16 2015 for presenting fake custom documents to banks for remittance of $720,000 and $768,000 to Hong Kong, according to MRA Deputy Director of Corporate Affairs.
The fake custom documents were presented to the banks on two separate occasions.
“On each occasion he justified the remittance as pre-clearance to import 4,500 tonnes of cotton seed.
“However, the importations were never made. On both cases, Amad knowingly faked customs documents to deceive banks, contrary to Section 135(d) as read with Section 143 of the Customs and Excise Act,” said Kapoloma.
Meanwhile, the tax collecting body is working with the Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) and other enforcing agencies to arrest more unpatriotic and unscrupulous business persons who are also externalizing forex through fake custom documents.
Kapoloma has since appealed to the general public to always report issues of any malpractices such as tax evasion, smuggling and corruption.
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What about mapeto?????????
What about the special favour of the illegal bailout of Mulli Brothers and the like????
Why is it that nobody’s following up such huge amounts of money????
The comments I read here are full of emotions and are short of objectivity. It’s very difficult and almost impossible in Malawi to get the money in currency of preference where the initial capital investment was made using foreign money. I would give an example, my personal experience. I invested in Malawi using capital which was sourced in US. Once the money gets into this country it has been really hard to send it back to US. It kind of like one way traffic – how can the country encourage foreign investment when the economic environment does not allow free… Read more »
Excellent work, keep it up our Law Enforcement agencies! Amwenye amationelera kwabasi, eeish! Afiti opemphera!!!
what about the K50billion tax evader uja??????? and the theft of MRA Computer?????????????????
Has tax and been paid on this type of huge amounts
Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk law enforcement malawi way
ZIKO WANU…DARAMA WATHU!
Mawa muva watuluka ali pa belo kenako zathera pompo dziko ndi anthu ake.