Man faces 20 charges of IRC fraud
A FATHER of nine has been arrested and charged in connection with fraud at the Internal Revenue Commission (IRC).
Enjalas Kis, 40, from Surunki village in Enga province, will face 20 charges of fraud and misappropriation for alleged collusion with former IRC employee Tau Daniel to defraud the State of almost K90,000.
Kis faces three counts of false pretence, three counts of misappropriation, seven counts of forgery and seven counts of uttering under the Criminal Code Act.
He was arrested this week.
It is alleged that Kis colluded with Daniel and defrauded the State of K89,326.17 between January and September 2003.
IRC investigations showed that Kis received payment from the IRC – payment of “GST refund cheques” for a company known as Hilltop Investment Ltd of which Daniel was director.
It is alleged that Kis received a cheque for K15,413.47 on March 31, 2003, and another on Aug 1, 2003, for K47,850.76.
Still another cheque for K26,061.94 was collected on April 30, 2003, by another person and deposited into a bank account in Port Moresby to which Kis was the sole signatory.
Investigations by the IRC’s internal affairs division revealed that Daniel allegedly lodged bogus monthly Goods and Services Tax (GST) returns while employed as GST team leader.
These returns contained exaggerated and inflated figures as input credit refunds or summary of expenses claims.
Daniel was allegedly responsible for ensuring the accelerated processing of the cheques using other IRC employees.
IRC commissioner general Betty Palaso said the arrest of Kis brought to five the number of people charged with the IRC fraud.
Ms Palaso said the IRC would continue to pursue practices of corruption and expose and punish those involved.
She urged the public with knowledge of such practices to contact IRC’s internal affairs division on 3226773, 3226871 or 3226879.
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