Income Tax: 555 crore taka was laundered abroad through the creation of a fake company. The Income Tax raid on the office of a chartered accountant led to the revelation. The Income Tax Department has already filed a complaint of fraud against two Chartered Accountant (CA) brothers and sisters.
According to sources, this money was sent to the Middle East by forming a syndicate. But how did the matter come to light? Police said that the police of Phulbagan police station in East Kolkata started an investigation into this matter based on the complaint of an income tax officer. Based on that investigation, last week, Income Tax Department officials raided a CA firm in Kadapara area of Kankurgachi, Phulbagan. They had information that the CA firm had embezzled a huge amount of money and smuggled it abroad. The officers of that CA firm are two chartered accountants, who are related by relationship. During the Income Tax operation, the officials searched the entire office and recovered a lot of documents. Among them were several certificates through which the money was sent abroad.
According to the income tax officials, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has clear guidelines for sending money abroad. For that, the concerned bank has to give a certificate to a chartered accountant. Before that, the CA firm has to look at the agreement between the person sending the money and the person to whom the money is being sent, other documents, books of accounts, how much tax has to be paid based on the money being sent, every aspect. But during a search of the CA firm in Phulbagan, the income tax officials recovered several documents and certificates on the basis of which the money was sent abroad. But on examination of the documents, it was found that those certificates were actually fake. The companies through which the money was laundered did not actually exist. The two CAs had issued fake certificates without verifying anything.
As soon as this matter came to light, the income tax officials interrogated the brother and sister, two chartered accountants. The income tax alleged to the police that the two chartered accountants admitted during interrogation that they had issued this certificate in exchange for money without verifying the documents. Not only that, they had helped in every way to open the paper companies. On that basis, a total of 555 crore 44 lakh 52 thousand 951 taka went out from 2021 to 2026. The income tax department claims that this has caused economic damage to the country. According to income tax officials, in addition to the two brother and sister chartered accountants, a gang is working behind this huge money laundering. The members of that gang are directly linked to the two accused chartered accountants. They also helped in the money laundering in various ways. Therefore, they also need to be searched. In this regard, an income tax official filed a complaint with the Phulbagan police station.
It is worth noting that recently, a chartered accountant was accused of laundering about 800 crore taka at Kadeya police station. Based on the complaint of Phulbagan, the police have started an investigation. The police said that the two accused siblings will be summoned and questioned.
Source: Hindustan Times
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