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Criminal charges against Glenn Lall, others file

 

SIX criminal charges, altogether, have been filed against Glenn Lall, publisher of the local Kaieteur News, his wife, Bhena Lall, and Narootandeo and Gharbassi Brijnanan. 

The charges follow the seizure of two vehicles allegedly at the centre of a duty-free scam. The two vehicles in question, PRR 8398 and PRR 8399, were handed over to GRA and impounded at the Authority’s warehouse, at the end of August, after an hour’s-long standoff between GRA officials and the Brijnanans’ son, Sankar, a high-ranking GRA employee.
An investigation was then launched to ensure that procedures and policy, as well as the provisions of the law were adhered to. The criminal charges, this newspaper understands, stem from that investigation.

SIX CHARGES
The six charges, according to documents seen by the Guyana Chronicle, which first broke the story of the alleged duty-free scam, after an examination of the Government of Guyana’s review of the Remigrant Scheme, state that:
1. All four parties were knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of import duties of Customs on vehicle, PRR 8398, contrary to Section 218(e) of the Customs Act, Chapter 82:01.
2. All four parties were knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of import duties of Customs on vehicle, PRR 8399, contrary to Section 218(e) of the Customs Act, Chapter 82:01.
3. Glenn Lall and Bhena Lall, knowingly dealt with goods with intent to defraud the revenue of duties thereon to wit one (1) Lexus LX 570 Motor Vehicle registration number PRR 8398 with engine capacity 5700 cc, Chassis No. JTJHY7AX6 D4094851, contrary to Section 218(d) of the Customs Act Chapter 82:01
4. Glenn Lall and Bhena Lall, knowingly dealt with goods with intent to defraud the revenue of duties thereon to wit one (1) Lexus LX 570 Motor Vehicle registration number PRR 8399 with engine capacity 5700 cc, Chassis No. JTJHY7AX6 D4094851, contrary to Section 218(d) of the Customs Act Chapter 82:01.
5. Narootandeo and Gharbassi Brijnanan did make and subscribe to a false declaration in a matter relating to the Customs, contrary to Section 217(1)(a) of the Customs Act Chapter 82:01, involving a vehicle PRR 8398
6. Narootandeo and Gharbassi Brijnanan did make and subscribe to a false declaration in a matter relating to the Customs, contrary to Section 217(1)(a) of the Customs Act Chapter 82:01, involving a vehicle PRR 8399.
The charges are expected to be read and heard at the Georgetown Magistrates Court on October 13, 2014.

DETAILS DISCLOSED
The seizure of the vehicles and the resulting investigation followed the disclosure of details of the alleged duty-free scam, which were made public by the Guyana Chronicle after an examination of the Government of Guyana’s review of the Remigrant Scheme.
The vehicle, PRR 8398, for instance, is usually parked in front of the Kaieteur News head office on Saffon Street, Charlestown, while PRR 8399 is often seen on Regent Street, in the heart of the city, near Bhena’s Footwear, the shoe business operated by Lall’s wife.
The Chronicle was able to obtain copies of all the relevant documents, from the application to, and approval by, the Foreign Affairs Ministry, GRA, and shipping information.
According to our sources, this issue started with the Brijnanans, who were on July 3, 2013 granted permission by the Foreign Affairs Ministry to return to Guyana as “remigrants”, along with the concomitant incentives of the scheme.
Under the remigrant programme, Guyanese who would have resided overseas for more than five years and are returning home to reside are entitled to several benefits, among which are import duty-free waivers for vehicles, and tax exemption for household items, once the items at reference were owned for six months or more in the country where the remigrant was living.
As husband and wife, Narootandeo and Gharbassi Brijnanan were entitled to concessions as two separate individuals, although a joint application was submitted.
Duty-free concession, the Guyana Chronicle understands, is awarded on condition that “the motor vehicle cannot be leased or transferred within three years of registration, and providing that the registration licence, fitness and registration and insurance are submitted for inspection at the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) every six months.”
The Brijananans, on their application form, indicated that besides household items, they were returning with two 2013 Lexus Suburban L57 vehicles, the chassis numbers of which were listed along with other required information.
On the application form, the chassis numbers for the vehicles were listed as JTJHY7AX7D4100270 and JTJHY7AX6D4094851, with the registration dates in the State of New York being September 25, 2012 and March 3, 2013 correspondingly.
However, on the Bill of Lading for the vehicles, the chassis numbers were listed as JTJHY7AX6D4096745 and JTJHY7AX6D4094851, respectively, a clear indication that one of the numbers did not correspond with the chassis number on the application form.
Further, for the vehicle bearing chassis number JTJHY7AX6D4094851, it was noticed that the date on the New York-issued Certificate of Title was March 3, 2013, which could only mean that the vehicle was not owned for more than six months before the application was made by the Brijnanans.
If true, this would be a clear violation of the regulation surrounding the application for remigrant status and duty-free concession. In essence, what would have occurred, according to documents perused by the Guyana Chronicle, is that the Brijnanans successfully obtained import duty concession in the sum of $4,222, 223.55 for each vehicle, totalling in excess of $8M.
Meanwhile, this newspaper’s research into the source price for a Lexus L570 is about US$80,000. Import duty for such a vehicle would be a total of US$94,500, bringing the total value of the vehicle to US$174,500, or more than G$36M for each of the vehicles imported by the Brijnanans.
It appears, therefore, that the Government was cheated out of several millions in import duty for the two vehicles.

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The PNC constitution allows for executive powers. Ask the Burger Party to tell their master PNC to change it. To date, all the Burger Party and The PNC can do is talk and talk is cheap.

 

AFC = KFC

KFC = Burger Man Party

FM
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GRA boss is in breach of “Oath of Secrecy”…Perhaps worst crime committed in modern Guyana – Nagamootoo

September 28, 2014 | By | Filed Under News

As its call for the resignation of the Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Khurshid Sattaur

Moses Nagamootoo, AFC Vice Chairman

Moses Nagamootoo, AFC Vice Chairman

remains firm, Vice Chairman of the Alliance For Change, Moses Nagamootoo, has said that Sattaur’s actions constitute perhaps, the worst crime committed in modern Guyana. Kaieteur News, on Sunday last, stated that its Publisher, Glenn Lall, is in possession of indisputable evidence of a plot by former President Bharrat Jagdeo and Sattaur, to bring down the newspaper. That same day Sattaur issued a statement denying the plot and contended that he had a right to share information with the Head of State. The evidence revealed by Kaieteur News featured emails between Sattaur and Jagdeo which were then shared with the Attorney General, Anil Nandlall. Sattaur via email sent to Jagdeo and then to Nandlall information on the corporate taxes paid by several media houses. According to some lawyers, the information disclosed by the GRA Commissioner-General to Jagdeo, represents a grave breach of the ‘Oath of Secrecy’ sworn to by Sattaur as an officer of the Guyana Revenue Authority. In taking the Oath, Sattaur solemnly swore that he would “truly, faithfully, impartially and honestly execute the powers vested in him.”  He also swore not to disclose any tax information concerning any taxpayer. In the email written by Sattaur, he asserts that Jagdeo advised him to say that “an impending major audit of the Kaieteur News” was behind the publication’s criticisms of him. Leader of the AFC, Khemraj Ramjattan, at the party’s press conference held at the Georgetown Club on Friday said that he had indicated that Sattaur’s actions are obviously in breach of certain regulations. It was obviously a breach of his Oath to Secrecy. “Though we notice that he did come with a legal argument that there are exceptions to the rule, we are still questioning who gave him the authority to go to a private citizen, that being former President Bharrat Jagdeo, to reveal to him the tax information of several media entities. “We feel that it is such a fundamental error on his part, extraordinarily unethical and highly immoral to go leaking that kind of information to a private citizen,” the attorney at law said. Ramjattan reiterated that he believes that the tax chief’s actions is a breach of the highest taxpayers officials duties and to that extent, he said it underscores the need for Sattaur to do the just thing and resign.

GRA Boss, Khurshid Sattaur

GRA Boss, Khurshid Sattaur

He went further to state that Sattaur’s actions show the extent whereby GRA can be used as an instrument to terrorise taxpayers whether companies, proprietors of newspapers or otherwise and that it is a “rather brutal and cruel situation.” “We need to note most importantly that there is no denial on anyone’s part as it relates to the content of the email or whether it belongs to them or not,” Ramjattan asserted. In further support of his points, Nagamootoo expressed his abhorrence for the manner in which the tax chief sought to use his office. “Nothing for me is more reprehensible than when one who sits to preside over the integrity of our finances and the confidentiality of information regarding people’s incomes, declarations and properties, would then choose to disclose this. “For me, this is perhaps the worst crime that could be committed in modern Guyana and to see that the integrity of our institution that deals with finances could allow itself to terrorize people is sickening,” the AFC Vice Chairman said. He added, “We are now involved in domestic terrorism, terrorism being launched against our own people to make them comply and in the case of Glenn Lall and his press, it would be for them to shut up  and the measures being used are to gag it. Honestly speaking, he needs to resign

Mitwah

Is this man Guyana’s J. Edgar Hoover?

September 28, 2014 | By | Filed Under Letters 

Dear Editor, Blackmail was a tactic that worked for J. Edgar Hoover, the late long serving Director of the United States of America’s Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). Using files compiled on those he presumed were his enemies, Hoover managed to keep them quiet whenever they challenged him or his circle of friends. Hoover snooped not just on politicians but on officials high and low, on Supreme Court justices – at least 12 of them – even on presidents. He built files on writers, actors, on citizens across the spectrum who caught his malignant eye. By an official count after his death, the Director held 883 files on senators and 722 on congressmen. Sounds scary, right? If it scares you, you have every right to be, because Guyana may have its own J. Edgar Hoover. While the Guyana Revenue Authority is not the FBI, its boss, Kurshid Sattaaur, is certainly being used to unleash terror, and silence those who attempt to oppose the current corrupt administration that rules this country we call our home. Just ask Freddie Kissoon, Adam Harris and Glen Lall. When Freddie continued to criticise the government, he was targeted by Sattaur and the GRA, by way of a letter requesting that he declare his assets, and that he was in tax arrears to the tune of millions of dollars. We all know what happened to Freddie after that—-silenced. When the Kaieteur News exposed favouritism in the granting of duty free, and nepotism at the GRA, Glenn Lall became the subject of attack from the GRA and Sattaur. Adam Harris as head of the newspaper is said to be the next on the list.

There are many others who are being threatened by the GRA, like Joe Harmon, who spoke out on the issue involving Sattaur’s children being employed at the state entity. Judging from the recent revelations, the GRS’s boss is not acting on his own.  There is evidence that he is being used to keep those who step out of line in check. There seems to be a cabal parallel to the government that is wielding immense power in Guyana. It is no secret that this cabal controls the government, its party, the judiciary, the police force etc. And, they use every state agency to go after citizens (especially through the Guyana Revenue Authority -GRA which is being run by Sattaur). Like Hoover, Sattaur gets away with his excesses. They were both showered with honours. Sattaur wrote in his leaked email to the Attorney General, “Of course I am deeply indebted to the Government for the confidence it places in me to continue to execute my duties as CG.” This is a clear indication that he has the backings of the administration to go after those who step out of line.

No wonder, despite revelations of nepotism at the Guyana Revenue Authority, nothing has been done; in fact it seems that Sattaur has solidified his position at the helm of the GRA. The FBI Headquarters in Washington DC is named after J. Edgar Hoover; maybe the new GRA headquarters will be named after Sattaur. The nation must rise up and confront this Evil and its cohorts before it’s too late. If the administration gets away with silencing the Kaieteur News, there will be no one else left to stand up to their xcesses. Tax-payer

Mitwah

THESE ARE THE SOCALLED VOICES OF THE POOR, THE DEFENDERS OF THE POOR, THE LIBERATORS FOR JUSTIC AND EQUALITY, WHEN IN FACT, THEY ARE PARASITES, MONEY HUNGRY AND POWER SEEKERS WHO DONT CARE RAT ASS OF THE POOR. THEY USE THEIR PAPERS AND OTHER ASSETS TO DRIVE THEIR AGENDA THAT WILL HELP FULL THEIR POCKETS. CHEATING THE TAX MAN IS CHEATING THE POOR GUYANESE!!!!!!!!!

Nehru

KAIETEUR NEWS OWNER MOOK LALL SHOULD BE PLACED BEHIND BARS IF FOUND GUILTY

 

 

* People who are corrupt are the first to label others as corrupt. Mook Lall has forever used his newspaper to label the PPP as corrupt. We'll soon find out how corrupt Mook Lall is.

 

* Jail the MOOK if he is guilty.

FM
Originally Posted by yuji22:

 

Anyone who quotes KN is a nutcase and has ZERO credibility.

yuji, you may be surprised to know that your corrupt PPP has a free weekly column in Kaieteur News, thanks to the generosity and public spiritedness of Glenn Lall. That's right. Glenn Lall.

And, yuji, do you know why the PPP took up that free column space in Kaieteur News?

Because  the PPP is greedy; Chronicle, NCN, Mirror and Guyana Times aren't enough to satisfy the PPP's hunger for attention.

BTW,yuji, 81,942 persons visited Kaieteur News online edition yesterday.

Anyone who quotes KN is a nutcase? What would you call anyone who quotes the PPP column in KN?

FM

thanks to the generosity and public spiritedness of Glenn Lall. That's right. Glenn Lall.

 

HAHA. Like stealingg from the Taxpayers.  Al YUh full of Laff but birds of the feather flocks together.

Nehru
Originally Posted by Gilbakka:
 

BTW,yuji, 81,942 persons visited Kaieteur News online edition yesterday.

 


* I have no issues with the propaganda put forth by the Kaieteur news. Hope they continue to be financially successful.

 

* But if the owner of the Kaieteur news, Mook Lall, is found guilty of tax fraud he ought to be jailed.

 

Rev

FM
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Originally Posted by Rev:
Originally Posted by Gilbakka:
 

BTW,yuji, 81,942 persons visited Kaieteur News online edition yesterday.

 


* I have no issues with the propaganda put forth by the Kaieteur news. Hope they continue to be financially successful.

 

* But if the owner of the Kaieteur news, Mook Lall, is found guilty of tax fraud he ought to be jailed.

 

Rev

All tax fraudsters should be jailed.

Problem is, Khurshid Sattaur is cherry-picking his targets and they fall into one category: PPP oppositionists.

Sattaur turns a blind eye to PPP tax fraudsters of which there are many. I mentioned one by name a month ago on this BB, a Windsor Forest rice miller.

 

FM
Originally Posted by Rev:
Originally Posted by Gilbakka:
 

BTW,yuji, 81,942 persons visited Kaieteur News online edition yesterday.

 


* I have no issues with the propaganda put forth by the Kaieteur news. Hope they continue to be financially successful.

 

* But if the owner of the Kaieteur news, Mook Lall, is found guilty of tax fraud he ought to be jailed.

 

Rev

GRA boss is in breach of “Oath of Secrecy”…Perhaps worst crime committed in modern Guyana – Nagamootoo

September 28, 2014 | By | Filed Under News
Mitwah

Freddie Kissoon – Credibility, image and dictatorship

June 17, 2008 | By | Filed Under Freddie Kissoon 

As the days pass on in the rule of the PPP, your mind keeps going back to the reign of Burnham. It is hard to escape the memories of struggle in the Burnham era. But each memory is tainted with the bitter taste of history’s failure.

When one thinks about the lies and deceit that are overflowing from the corridors of power, the frustration mounts, because you knew back then that even the slightest violation of the PNC regime brought an angry reaction from society. In Guyana today, the most egregious mistreatment of the Guyanese people is greeted with fear and silence.

Forbes Burnham could not have done half of the things this present cabal is perpetrating on this nation without protest and demonstration. What has become of the people of this country?

Friday June 13, marked the 28th anniversary of Walter Rodney’s assassination, and it passed unnoticed. Yet, every year, Government resources are assigned to make the death anniversary of Cheddi Jagan a huge success.

There must be something deadly wrong about this country that each year in March you can read about the observation of Jagan’s death, yet nothing is done to celebrate the life and times of one of Guyana’s greatest heroes, Walter Rodney.

Of course, there isn’t much the Guyanese people can do about that. It is left up to the central authorities to mark the year of Rodney’s murder.

The PPP Government has not done it, and will not do it. One fundamental reason explains the PPP’s betrayal of the great things Walter Rodney stood for. In commemorating the life of Rodney and observing his death anniversary, the PPP would be exposing its political inanity, moral bankruptcy and historical failure.

Any public invocation of the memory of Walter Rodney highlights the prodigious role he played in restoring electoral democracy.

No discussion on what Walter Rodney meant to Guyana can be adequately ventilated without the hidden dimensions of the PPP’s failure as a political organization. It was Walter Rodney who single-handedly brought us to October 5, 1992. The PPP was just a mere footnote in that apogee.

Were it not for the WPA and Walter Rodney, Cheddi and Janet Jagan might still have been held up in Freedom House with their unlearned protégés denouncing American imperialism and chanting their pro-communist mantras. Of course, Mrs. Jagan carries on smartly in that vein.

Her Mirror columns are boring fulminations against American power, even pointing out that Guyana has free medical service and the US has none.

Just about six weeks before we got to June 13, the memory of Rodney was sullied by the deception of those who have inherited Burnham’s Constitution. Prime Minister Sam Hinds told the public that the reason the official inquest into Rodney’s death had not proceeded was because his family requested its suspension. The family quickly retorted, denouncing Mr. Hinds’s assertion.

The Rodney family unambiguously stated in their press release that there has never been such a position. They merely asked that the inquest not commence during the election campaign to avoid it being caught up in the throes of partisan politics which accompany any election.

To date, the man who saved Guyana, and died in the process, is yet to be officially given his rightful place in this country’s legacy. But look how flippantly his name is treated.

This is what I mean by the anger some of us feel when we reflect on the Burnham years. This Government can say and do anything and get away with it. Three unpleasant statements Mr. Hinds made, and they just went by without protest.

One is that we are not ready for opening up the radio spectrum. The same logic he extended to the Freedom of Information Act. Now the Rodney Inquest.

Mr. Hinds is not alone. President Jagdeo openly castigated Mr. Yesu Persaud in a manner that would have brought widespread anger against Burnham if he had done what Jagdeo did to Mr. Persaud.

Would we in the seventies have allowed Burnham to proceed with a deal like the Sanata divestment without taking to the streets? The credibility and image of this Government are dead.

No decent international observer of politics would classify the Government of Guyana as a democratic institution.

It gets worse with each passing day. All over Guyana, Burnham would have been given the most tempestuous tongue-lashing if he had flippantly dismissed the value of the Freedom of Information Act (FIA).

But look at the contemptuous language used to describe the advice of the Commonwealth Secretariat official who urged that Guyana implement its FIA. Guyanese were told that they shouldn’t listen to those who think they can come and lecture to us.

These are words coming from PPP leaders who begged the world to intervene in Guyana so we could have free and fair elections. The time for a Velvet Revolution in Guyana has arrived.

Mitwah
Originally Posted by Nehru:

THESE ARE THE SOCALLED VOICES OF THE POOR, THE DEFENDERS OF THE POOR, THE LIBERATORS FOR JUSTIC AND EQUALITY, WHEN IN FACT, THEY ARE PARASITES, MONEY HUNGRY AND POWER SEEKERS WHO DONT CARE RAT ASS OF THE POOR. THEY USE THEIR PAPERS AND OTHER ASSETS TO DRIVE THEIR AGENDA THAT WILL HELP FULL THEIR POCKETS. CHEATING THE TAX MAN IS CHEATING THE POOR GUYANESE!!!!!!!!!

Guyana has thieves from top to bottom. It is a shame that citizens have to copy the dispicable acts of those who govern them. This act by the those who planned it, is to only stifle the voices of those who speak against the government-namely Kaiteur News. Mark my words, next it is going to be Stabroek News. Then there be no voices of the oppostion.  

S
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Originally Posted by yuji22:

No one is above the law. Jail those who of are guilty of evading taxes.

Tax Evasion = Stealing

Stealing is a crime.

How is it that those in Govt seem to be above the law?

cain
Originally Posted by Nehru:

THESE ARE THE SOCALLED VOICES OF THE POOR, THE DEFENDERS OF THE POOR, THE LIBERATORS FOR JUSTIC AND EQUALITY, WHEN IN FACT, THEY ARE PARASITES, MONEY HUNGRY AND POWER SEEKERS WHO DONT CARE RAT ASS OF THE POOR. THEY USE THEIR PAPERS AND OTHER ASSETS TO DRIVE THEIR AGENDA THAT WILL HELP FULL THEIR POCKETS. CHEATING THE TAX MAN IS CHEATING THE POOR GUYANESE!!!!!!!!!

Clam up your batty hole

cain
Originally Posted by Rev:

KAIETEUR NEWS OWNER MOOK LALL SHOULD BE PLACED BEHIND BARS IF FOUND GUILTY

 

 

* People who are corrupt are the first to label others as corrupt. Mook Lall has forever used his newspaper to label the PPP as corrupt. We'll soon find out how corrupt Mook Lall is.

 

* Jail the MOOK if he is guilty.

 

And throw away the keys if found guilty.

 

These are the hypocrites of Guyana.

FM

Yugi stop digging hole for others.

I was told that this type of crime is prevalent, folks clearing vehicles in other people name just to avoid the astronomical duty on cars that the Guyana Gov't impose.

Chief
Originally Posted by Gilbakka:
Originally Posted by yuji22:

 

Anyone who quotes KN is a nutcase and has ZERO credibility.

yuji, you may be surprised to know that your corrupt PPP has a free weekly column in Kaieteur News, thanks to the generosity and public spiritedness of Glenn Lall. That's right. Glenn Lall.

And, yuji, do you know why the PPP took up that free column space in Kaieteur News?

Because  the PPP is greedy; Chronicle, NCN, Mirror and Guyana Times aren't enough to satisfy the PPP's hunger for attention.

BTW,yuji, 81,942 persons visited Kaieteur News online edition yesterday.

Anyone who quotes KN is a nutcase? What would you call anyone who quotes the PPP column in KN?

 

KN is Tabloit/Toilet paper.

 

Anyone who quotes KN is a nutcase.

FM
Originally Posted by Chief:

Yugi stop digging hole for others.

I was told that this type of crime is prevalent, folks clearing vehicles in other people name just to avoid the astronomical duty on cars that the Guyana Gov't impose.

 

Jail them starting with Lall if found guilty. 

 

Tax evasion is a crime.

FM
Originally Posted by yuji22:
Originally Posted by Gilbakka:
Originally Posted by yuji22:

 

Anyone who quotes KN is a nutcase and has ZERO credibility.

yuji, you may be surprised to know that your corrupt PPP has a free weekly column in Kaieteur News, thanks to the generosity and public spiritedness of Glenn Lall. That's right. Glenn Lall.

And, yuji, do you know why the PPP took up that free column space in Kaieteur News?

Because  the PPP is greedy; Chronicle, NCN, Mirror and Guyana Times aren't enough to satisfy the PPP's hunger for attention.

BTW,yuji, 81,942 persons visited Kaieteur News online edition yesterday.

Anyone who quotes KN is a nutcase? What would you call anyone who quotes the PPP column in KN?

 

KN is Tabloit/Toilet paper.

PPP has a column in that toilet paper. They like it.

FM
Originally Posted by yuji22:
Originally Posted by Chief:

Yugi stop digging hole for others.

I was told that this type of crime is prevalent, folks clearing vehicles in other people name just to avoid the astronomical duty on cars that the Guyana Gov't impose.

 

Jail them starting with Lall if found guilty. 

 

Tax evasion is a crime.

HoJi.....if it is proved Sattar, Jagdeo & Nandalall Conspired & Broke the Laws of Guyana DO U THINK THEY SHOULD BE JAILED?
FM

AFC hogwash as usual.

 

To date AFC has proven ZERO of their wild and baseless claims. Yes ZERO.

 

Dem boys Seh and Picha Lika Picha does not count.

 

Lall has been charged, that is a big difference

 

Jail him if convicted. Tax evasion is stealing.

FM

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