Six
suspects involved in the Value Added Tax (VAT) fraud
amounting to Rs. 3,999 million, were remanded this week
and the indictments on them have been served. Only six
of the accused appeared in court when the case was taken
up before Colombo High Court judge Sunil Rajapakse on
Monday.
In
this case the following have been indicted:Nyanasiri de
Soysa (retired Deputy Commissioner Inland Revenue),
Ananda Wickramasinghe (Deputy Commissioner Inland
Revenue), Rasheed Mohammed Mursheed,.Bakeer Mohamed
Mursheed,. Mohammed Subair Faousul Awami,Mohamed Maujul
Ameer Murshad alias Mohammed Nazeer Cader,.Nagur Adumai
Mohammed Nashmi alias Abdul Ibrahim,.Mohammed Kameel
Kuthubdeen, Abdul Wadood Mohamed Safi alais Meer Saibu
Liyaqath Ali, Sinniah Subramaniam,.Salawadeen Mohammed
Ashrof,.Mohamed Cassim Mohamed Safik,.Mohamed Ismail
Mohammed Rizwin alias Sulaiman Lebbe Abdul Kareema
Sahabdeen Abdulla.
Of
them Nyanasiri de Soysa, Ananda Wickremasinghe,
Subramaniam Mohamed Ashroff, Mohamed Cassim and Mohamed
Rizwin appeared in courtwhile the others are absconding.
State counsel informed court that since there was evidence
to suggest that some of the suspects were trying to evade
presence in court, they should be remanded.
The
main allegation against the suspects is that they had
defrauded the state of Rs 3999.6 million allegedly with
the assistance of Inland Revenue official Neville Shantha
Wattaladeniya who has since passed away. The
misappropriation had taken place between November 15, 2002
and August 15, 2004.
The
indictments served on the accused are as follows:
Accused
(Soysa, Wickremasinghe, Rahseed Mursheed and Bakeer
Mursheed) indicted for the misappropriation and
releasing of Rs. 70.8 million to Initag Kandy (Pvt)
Ltd, Rs. 120.7 million to Initag Apparels (Pvt) Ltd,
Rs. 70.3 millions to Worldgate Apparel Company, Rs.
160 million to Worldgate Apparels (Pvt) Ltd, and Rs.
76 million to Worldgate Euro Apparel Gate Company.
Accused
(Soysa, Wickremasinghe, Bakeer Mursheed and Faousal
Awami) indicted for the misappropriation and releasing
of Rs. 90.3 million to South Lanka garments Industries
and Rs. 150.7 million to South Lanka garments.
Acccused
(Soysa, Wickremasinghe, Bakeer Mursheed, Maujul Ameer
and Mohammed Nashmi) indicted for misappropriation and
releasing of Rs. 175.8 million and Rs. 159.6 million
to Pro Garments.
The
1,2,3,4 and 9th accused Soysa, Wickremasinghe, Rasheed
Mursheed, Bakeer Mursheed and Liyaqath Ali indicted
for misappropriation and releasing of 187.9 million to
Ali LMSL Creation Apparels Company.
Accused
(Soysa, Wickremasinghe, Bakeer Mursheed, Sinnaiah
Subramaniam and Mohammed Ashrof) indicted for
misappropriation and releasing of Rs. 106.1 million to
Universal Garments Export, Rs. 102.5 million to
Unilever Export Garments, Rs. 61.2 million and Rs.
51.4 million to Lotus Apparel, Rs. 144.2 million to
Upali Garments (Pvt) Ltd, Rs. 78.4 million and Rs. 54
million to S.Subramaniam and Rs. 150. 8 million to
Lotus Garments.
Accused
(Soysa, Wickremasinghe, Rasheed Mursheed, Bakeer
Mursheed, Nazeer Cader and Kameel Kuthubdeen indicted
for misappropriation and releasing of Rs. 328.1
million Euro Clothing (Pvt) Ltd.
Accused
(Soysa, Wickremasinghe, Rasheed Mursheed, Bakeer
Mursheed, Mohammed Nashmi and Kameel Kuthubdeen)
indicted for misappropriation and releasing of Rs.
319.1 million to Youthline Apparels (Pvt) Ltd.
Accused
(Soysa, Wickremasinghe, Rasheed Mursheed, Bakeer
Mursheed, Ameer Murshad and Kameel Kuthubdeen)
indicted for misappropriation and releasing Rs, 245.5
million and Rs. 101.5 million to Cobe Apparels.
Accused
(Soysa, Wickremasinghe, , Bakeer Mursheed, Ameer
Murshad, Mohammed Nashmi and Kameel Kuthubdeen)
indicted for misappropriation and releasing of Rs.
177.1 million to Lord and Taylor company.
Accused
(Soysa, Wickremasinghe, , Bakeer Mursheed and Mohamed
Safik) indicted for misappropriation and releasing Rs.
29. 9 million to Canbro International (Pvt) Ltd.
Accused
(Soysa, Wickremasinghe, Rasheed Mursheed, Bakeer
Mursheed) indicted for misappropriation and releasing
of Rs. 137.8 million to Minipe Garments (Pvt) Ltd.
Accused
(Soysa, Wickremasinghe, Rasheed Mursheed, Bakeer
Mursheed, Abdul Kareema and Abdulla ) indicted for
misappropriation and releasing Rs. 188.8 million to
Polytex Apparels.
Accused
(Soysa, Wickremasinghe, Bakeer Mursheed and Liyaqath
Ali) indicted for misappropriation and releasing Rs.
20.7 million to Creative Apparels.
Accused
Soysa, Wickremasinghe and Kameel Kuthubdeen) indicted
for misappropriation and releasing Rs. 51.9 million to
K.I.L.Apparels, Rs. 69.9 million to Randu Garments,
Rs. 52.5 million to Fashion Garments, Rs. 71.6 million
to D.T.N.Apparels, Rs. 69.2 million to Supreme
Garments.
Source
:
Sunday
Times.lk - Columbo, Sri Lanka, dated 28/10/2007
