KARACHI: The Customs Collectorate Appraisement West has reportedly suspended the license of M/s AMI Pakistan on temporary basis till completion of investigations against the company for an alleged fraud.
According to sources, M/s AMI Pakistan has allegedly been involved in availing certain benefits on behest of Arif Humayun, former CEO of the company by submitting a fake declaration.
Moreover, the Research and Development section of the Customs Collectorate Appraisement East had already recorded statements of the staff of M/s AMI Pakistan.
The investigations into the scam were conducted by a team formed by Collector Dr Uwais Agha Jawwad and after rigorous effort the team Deputy Collector Ghulam Nabi Kamboh and Appraising Officers Shahid Ibrahim Dasti, Irshad Ahmed, Zulfiqar Zaman and Javed Khalid, unfolded various aspects of the case.
It is recalled here that Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation lodged an FIR with Nasir Pasha of M/s AMI Pakistan as witness against Mohammad Abdul Rafee of M/s Caltrols Pakistan and Arif Humayun and others for evading duty and taxes through mis-declaration of origin, tampering in the import documents and undue claim of Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
AMI Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd has been booked for committing a fraud by issuing of switch bills of lading in connivance with several importers, clearing agents and got cleared different goods by mis-declaring the vital information with regard to the shipper’s name, port of loading, country of origin to claim inadmissible FTA benefit and clearing banned products.
