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Has anybody ever wondered how crooks at Aduanas are able to rob the government?
Well I had a friend of a good friend explain the "trick" to me. He worked for 18 years at Banreservas before being let go last December.
Basically what happens is that when someone brings goods into the DR from abroad an assessment is made of the taxes owed and presented to the importer. The first part of the "trick" is that the corrupt Aduanas official will do a "hard copy" receipt of the items and not record the taxes due inthe computer system. When the importer returns with the certified check for the amount due the Aduanas official will give the importer a receipt and then keep the certified check. The next step is to create an official looking letter complete with stamps that authorizes an Aduanas official to have the funds returned in cash instead of being directly to the Aduanas account.
Yes, as crazy as it seems this is permissible! IMHO this is planned and calculated fraud allowing any supposed government funds to be remitted as cash.
In the case of my friend's friend he was the unsuspecting bank teller who authorized the transaction and he said everything was done according to protocal. In fact it wasn't until two years later that Banreservas found out and the fired him for being a supoposed accomplice.
What I believe is this is a gain another example of the system being set up here for abuse. The idiots at Aduanas must know that this will happen if any type of remittances are allowed to be converted to cash - hey idiots, you ain't fooling me!
Well I had a friend of a good friend explain the "trick" to me. He worked for 18 years at Banreservas before being let go last December.
Basically what happens is that when someone brings goods into the DR from abroad an assessment is made of the taxes owed and presented to the importer. The first part of the "trick" is that the corrupt Aduanas official will do a "hard copy" receipt of the items and not record the taxes due inthe computer system. When the importer returns with the certified check for the amount due the Aduanas official will give the importer a receipt and then keep the certified check. The next step is to create an official looking letter complete with stamps that authorizes an Aduanas official to have the funds returned in cash instead of being directly to the Aduanas account.
Yes, as crazy as it seems this is permissible! IMHO this is planned and calculated fraud allowing any supposed government funds to be remitted as cash.
In the case of my friend's friend he was the unsuspecting bank teller who authorized the transaction and he said everything was done according to protocal. In fact it wasn't until two years later that Banreservas found out and the fired him for being a supoposed accomplice.
What I believe is this is a gain another example of the system being set up here for abuse. The idiots at Aduanas must know that this will happen if any type of remittances are allowed to be converted to cash - hey idiots, you ain't fooling me!
