Comptroller of Customs, Ralph Munroe told reporters on Monday the department discovers about ten cases of invoice fraud per week.
Munroe explained, “you would have an invoice where someone ought to pay $1,000 when you look at it they probably have $600 maybe $500. In other cases where they say they purchase 1,000 items when you look on the invoice it may say 800. Only on examination you would find that the numbers are not what they are on the invoice or when you compare the prices when you go online on when you go back to the supplier you’d find out that the prices have been slashed.”
Munroe also outlined how some of the cases are being resolved. He said, “when persons opt for the Comptroller to deal with it rather than going to the court the Comptroller can sit down and he can actually impose fine if he chooses to. The Comptroller can also confiscate the goods, have the goods forfeited and so most persons would prefer the Comptroller to deal with it because it doesn’t become public knowledge.”
The Comptroller spoke outside of Customs House where he was attending an induction ceremony for more than 100 customs recruits.
