KARACHI: Millions of rupees corruption in the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Customs House Branch jolts the officers.
According to the source, the mega scandal of fraud and corruption has surfaced in the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Customs House Branch after which an investigation has started the finding against the heinous crime.
The sources informed Customs Today that some officers are involved in the mega corruption and embezzling the amount of customs duties as well as excise and taxation accounts of the National Bank of Pakistan Customs House branch.
After the corruption surfaced, an investigation team was constituted and the investigation team in its initial report has revealed that 14 bank officers as well as more than ten clearing and shipping agents are involved in it, the source said.
The investigation team in its initial report has also revealed that from the count of customs duty more than Rs 28 million and from the account of the excise duty more than Rs 15 million have been embezzled.
The sources revealed that as per initial inquiry conducted by the officer exposed that the embezzlement was done through counterfeiting creation in the Web Based One Customs (WeBOC) software. The inquiry report has also been sent to the National Accountably Bureau (NAB) for further action against the culprits
