KARACHI: The Model Customs Collectorate Appraisement’s Research and Development section has recorded statements of M/s AMI Pakistan staff in a case pertaining to the mis-declaration of the port of loading to avail certain benefits on behest of Arif Humayun, former CEO of the company.
Appraisement East Collector Majid Yousafani, Additional Collector Irfan Wahid and Deputy Collector Zaheer Abbas pursued his arrest so that the actual culprits could be apprehended. The Customs officials alleged that Arif Humayun is mastermind of the scam and was running the duty business in nexus/patronage of one or more directors of the company.
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.
Three staff members of M/s AMI Pakistan including a female worker were summoned on Thursday (today) by the R&D of the Appraisement-East and recorded statement. The sources disclosed that the whole responsibility of the case was being shifted from CEO to a female employee.
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 with the import documents and undue claim of Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
AMI Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd has been booked for allegedly 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.
