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China’s money laundering in India: Income Tax Dept finds Rs 1,000 crore hawala, bogus transactions

By Shreedhara Purohit      13 August, 2020 08:29 PM      0 Comments
China’s money laundering in India: Income Tax Dept finds Rs 1,000 crorehawala, bogus transactions

In another crackdown on Chinese establishments in India, the Central Board of Direct Taxation said on August 12, 2020 that the Income Tax Department has raided certain Chinese individuals along with their Indian associates for allegedly running a money-laundering racket worth Rs 1000 crores. They were involved in hawala transactions through a series of shell entities, Surabhi Ahluwalia, official spokesperson of CBDT said in a statement.

The income tax department found that over 40 bank accounts were created through dummy entities and had a credit of more than ₹1,000 crores, the statement read. "Search action revealed that at the behest of Chinese individuals, more than 40 bank accounts were created in various dummy entities, entering into credits of more than ₹1,000 crores over the period," it said in a statement. Adding, “Incriminating documents of hawala transactions and money laundering with active involvement of bank employees and Chartered Accountants have been found as a result of the search action.”

A subsidiary of Chinese company took over ₹1,000 crores "bogus advances from shell entities for opening business and retail showrooms in India", the income tax department stated. The I-T department also unearthed documents related to hawala transactions.

In a statement, the CBDT said that the massive money laundering operation was unearthed during an IT Department raid on at least two dozen premises in Delhi, Gurgaon, and Ghaziabad as part of the action under which it covered the Chinese, some of their Indian associates and bank officials.

"Evidence of foreign hawala transactions involving Hong Kong and US dollars have also been unearthed," the CBDT said. It added that the research was launched based on credible inputs that a few Chinese individuals and their Indian associates were involved in money laundering and hawala transactions through a series of shell entities.

The main suspect has been identified as a Chinese man who allegedly holds a fake Indian passport that he got prepared from Manipur. The tax officials have shared the information of alleged possession of fake Indian passport with police authorities who are expected to book him for violation of the Passport Act. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is likely to be roped in for money laundering investigations.



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