As investigations continue into how a naturalized Fijian citizen alleged to have defrauded $20 million in tax left the country despite a Stop Departure Order against him, Fiji Revenue and Customs Service CEO Udit Singh has confirmed that they did not remove the order. <\/p>\n
While speaking to fijivillage News, Singh says they were alerted of the case as soon as they put the Tax Crimes Task Force into place about a month and a half ago. <\/p>\n
He says some of these are routine investigations carried out by the compliance and risk teams, which monitor anomalies across the board and follow up on any issues identified. <\/p>\n
When questioned if this was before or after the man left the country in April, Singh confirmed he left the country after the Stop Departure Order was issued. <\/p>\n
He says they have handed over the file and FICAC and the Police Criminal Investigations Department are looking into it.<\/p>\n
While responding to questions by fijivillage News during the post-budget press conference on non-tax compliance, Singh say the assets of some of the organizations are under scrutiny.<\/p>\n
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INSERT: Singh on black economy 26 jun<\/p>\n
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