Tax evasion scam of 13 crores was caught at Karachi Airport

A tax evasion scam of 13 crores was caught at Karachi Airport

A tax evasion scam of 13 crores was caught in the Karachi Airport Customs Air Freight Unit.

According to Director Customs Intelligence Habib Ahmed, the tax evasion was done with the help of under-invoicing fake documents in the consignment ordered by the private company.

Under-invoicing of networking equipment and submission of fake invoices for tax evasion, according to Director Customs Intelligence Habib Ahmed, the private company is involved in tax evasion.

Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation officials said that the Directorate of Customs Intelligence investigated the importation of "networking equipment" imported by a private company and that the equipment imported by the private company will be sent to both GDs for further investigation. Blocked, imported consignments were accompanied by no receipt and packing list.

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According to Customs officials, the importer significantly understated the value of the consignments of imported goods, the protagonists of the scam, Ghulam Saber Ghori and Zeeshan Ahmed, had original receipts, provided fake receipts to Customs, the value of the imported consignment was 125 The actual price is $2,445 as per the original invoice stated in US dollars.
According to officials, one shipment was valued at $268, but the actual invoice was $26,850, while another device was valued at $199, with an actual value of $10,000.

The goods were seized under the Customs Act based on fake documents and a violation of the import policy order, the declared value of the goods was shown as 1 crore 44 lakhs, but the customs officials said that the actual value of the exported goods was more than 437 crores 71 lakhs.
According to Director of Customs Intelligence Habib Ahmed, the company has previously ordered similar goods through under-invoicing, A total of Rs 14 crore tax evasion was attempted. Six different partners including Shamim Akhtar Alam, Mohammad Saeed Alam and others have been named in the FIR.