[h=1]4 FOREIGNERS, 2 S'POREANS CHARGED FOR MAKING FALSE GST CLAIMS TOTALLING ALMOST $500K[/h]
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25 Sep 2014 - 9:01pm
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An ICA officer, a sales executive in a Gold shop and four foreigners were charged today with making multiple corrupt and fraudulent GST claims through the tourist refund claims service.
The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) discovered the irregular claims after performing some data analysis on the electronic Tourist Refund System (eTRS).
IRAS found that there were hundreds of false claims with the total fraudulent claims amounting to almost $500,000 in GST refunds.
The ICA officer, Mohamed Yusof Abdul who had corruptly received $11,400 was arrested on January 27 along with the four Indian Nationals who were also involved in the scam.
On the same day, Lim Pheck Aun, a Singaporean sales executive from the Soon Huat Goldsmith was also arrested by the CPIB.
Lim had helped two of the Indian nationals make fraudulent claims through the eTRS system.
The four Indian Nationals involved in the elaborate scam are:
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Sundar Panneer Selvam who was charged with 29 counts of corruptly offering money and liquor as bribes for help in carrying out the fraudulent claims. He also faces another 30 charges for making faulse GST claims. His claims alone add up to over $210,000 in false refunds. Sundar also faces 5 counts of sending fraudulently obtained money out of Singapore
Baskaran Uthirapathy was charged with 11 counts of encouraging two the other accused to bribe Lim. He also faces 33 counts of making false GST claims which amount to over $98,000. Baskaran also faces 11 charges of sending fraudulently obtained money out of Singapore.
Pounraj Natarajan was charged with six counts of offering bribes to the ICA officer as well as 30 counts of making false GST claims. His false claims totalled over $114,000 as well as another 11 counts of sending illegal money out of Singapore
Gobi Raman was also charged with 26 counts of making false GST claims totalling over $143,000 and 9 counts of sending the money overseas.
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25 Sep 2014 - 9:01pm
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An ICA officer, a sales executive in a Gold shop and four foreigners were charged today with making multiple corrupt and fraudulent GST claims through the tourist refund claims service.
The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) discovered the irregular claims after performing some data analysis on the electronic Tourist Refund System (eTRS).
IRAS found that there were hundreds of false claims with the total fraudulent claims amounting to almost $500,000 in GST refunds.
The ICA officer, Mohamed Yusof Abdul who had corruptly received $11,400 was arrested on January 27 along with the four Indian Nationals who were also involved in the scam.
On the same day, Lim Pheck Aun, a Singaporean sales executive from the Soon Huat Goldsmith was also arrested by the CPIB.
Lim had helped two of the Indian nationals make fraudulent claims through the eTRS system.
The four Indian Nationals involved in the elaborate scam are:
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Sundar Panneer Selvam who was charged with 29 counts of corruptly offering money and liquor as bribes for help in carrying out the fraudulent claims. He also faces another 30 charges for making faulse GST claims. His claims alone add up to over $210,000 in false refunds. Sundar also faces 5 counts of sending fraudulently obtained money out of Singapore
Baskaran Uthirapathy was charged with 11 counts of encouraging two the other accused to bribe Lim. He also faces 33 counts of making false GST claims which amount to over $98,000. Baskaran also faces 11 charges of sending fraudulently obtained money out of Singapore.
Pounraj Natarajan was charged with six counts of offering bribes to the ICA officer as well as 30 counts of making false GST claims. His false claims totalled over $114,000 as well as another 11 counts of sending illegal money out of Singapore
Gobi Raman was also charged with 26 counts of making false GST claims totalling over $143,000 and 9 counts of sending the money overseas.
