$1.6M GRA parking lot heist…Commissioner General calls on alleged victim to withdraw allegations

Jun 02, 2015 News

Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Khurshid Sattaur, has noted with concern, allegations made by Auto dealer, Nigel Ramah, 33, of 18 Chateau Margot, East Coast Demerara, who allegedly lost a black shoulder bag containing $1.6 million five minutes after leaving it stashed in his Ford F-150 vehicle in the Guyana Revenue Authority’s (GRA) staff parking lot on Camp Street.
Mr. Sattaur said, “It is discouraging that the alleged victim is trying to find a parallel with the warehouse theft by putting blame on security. It must be pointed out that Mr. Ramah misrepresented himself as a staff of the Revenue Authority, and subsequently bribed the security in an effort to have his vehicle secured. Had Mr. Ramah not been dishonest from the inception, then his story would have had more credibility.”
However, the GRA notes the rather pathetic response by Mr. Ramah of accusing two drivers employed by the Agency of breaking the lock on his car and stealing his money. The Commissioner General is also of the opinion that Mr. Ramah should withdraw such statements, unless he has evidence to support his allegation, since the GRA’s code of conduct does not condone such behaviour.
Nonetheless, Mr. Sattaur intends to investigate this allegation and the relevant department will be contacting Mr. Ramah in due course to obtain further information that would assist in substantiating his claim. Additionally, the GRA is urging the individual to continue to pursue the theft with the Guyana Police Force (GPF) since it was carried out presumably in a public place and as such, ought to engage the attention of that agency.
Once investigations into this allegation have been completed, the Revenue Authority will provide the findings to the various media houses.
Kaieteur News understands that Ramah had just withdrawn the money from a city bank before heading to GRA to make duty payments on a vehicle. He went upstairs to the GRA building leaving the money in the vehicle. It is unclear why he left the money behind instead of taking it to transact his business.
After some five minutes of being in the building, Ramah returned only to be greeted with a broken left side door lock and his ‘bag of money’ missing.

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