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.
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.
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.
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.
He says they have handed over the file and FICAC and the Police Criminal Investigations Department are looking into it.
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.
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