Guyana Revenue Authority Commissioner General Khurshid Sattaur today said the he was concerned by alleged accessing by Kaieteur News of confidential information and will call in the police to investigate.
He also disclosed that there had been attempts to illegally access one of the GRA’s email accounts.
The GRA press release issued on the matter follows.

GRA’s Information Infrastructure and Confidentiality Mechanisms Breached by Kaieteur News, Lall and Associates.

Tuesday October 3, 2014 Georgetown: Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Mr. Khurshid Sattaur has expressed concern and alarm at publications made in the Kaieteur News newspaper. The Commissioner-General has indicated that the content of the articles and publications in the “Dem Boys Seh” column clearly demonstrated that the Kaieteur News and Glenn Lall have been able to successfully infiltrate and corrupt staff within the agency to obtain sensitive and confidential information. The Commissioner General stated that Lall was able to obtain confidential information on his overseas travel plans, the purpose of his visit overseas and information on an initial analysis of the income of media houses to inform the need for an audit.
The GRA, subsequent to the unlawful disclosures of information, obtained by illegal and illicit means, has since taken numerous steps to buttress the IT Security Infrastructure, internal access to, and transmission of sensitive taxpayer information, in addition to launching an intensive investigation into the source of these leaks and other illegal and illicit activities. To date, despite its best efforts, the Agency has been unable to identify the source of these illegal disclosures and unlawful transmission of sensitive taxpayer information, personal information on the Head of the Guyana Revenue Authority and other internal workings of the GRA.