Dubai police bring down Sanjay Shay, the most prominent fraudster in Danish history

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Dubai Police arrested an international fraudster named Sanjay Shah, a British national, 52 years old, one of the most wanted by the Danish authorities, for his involvement in the largest tax fraud and money laundering operation in the history of the Kingdom of Denmark, amounting to 12 billion crowns, equivalent to about 1.7 Billion dollars, through the establishment of several companies specialized in “reporting applications for tax refunds with incorrect data.”

The Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, Lieutenant-General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, praised the efforts of the work teams that participated in the process of arresting Sanjay Shah, after Dubai Police received an international arrest warrant received from the Danish authorities to the Department of International Cooperation of the UAE Ministry of Justice in its capacity as the central authority concerned with receiving requests for official international cooperation and transferring them to the Public Prosecution public in Dubai.

He added that the arrest of "Sanjay Shah" came after a continuous and careful follow-up of his movements by the work teams in the General Department of Criminal Investigation and Investigation, under the supervision and follow-up of the Public Prosecution in Dubai, stressing the keenness of the Dubai Police General Command, with the support and directives of the wise leadership, to develop deep and solid relations between the United Arab Emirates. And various countries of the world in the field of combating all forms of organized crime, including financial crimes.

For his part, the Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police for Criminal Investigation Affairs Major General Khalil Ibrahim Al-Mansoori said that the operation was the result of exchanging information with the Danish authorities regarding Sanjay Shah, and then a working team was formed from the departments of wanted persons and the Anti-Money Laundering Crimes Department of the General Department of Criminal Investigation, to follow up His movements and his place of residence, then worked to follow up his activities to arrest him.

Meanwhile, Director of the General Department of Criminal Investigation and Investigation Brigadier General Jamal Al-Jalaf stated that "Sanjay Shah" established a number of companies to launder profits resulting from tax fraud by submitting tax refund claims with incorrect data about deals related to "COMEX" taxes, which means buying shares before distributing their profits for a period of time. Short and sold immediately after distribution, with the aim of making huge profits from tax refunds paid to the Danish government.

He explained that the Dubai Police referred the file of "Sanjay Shah" to the Public Prosecution to take judicial measures to extradite him in accordance with the international laws followed in this regard.

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