Two associates of the Gupta brothers, one of them a former director of Estina, were on Tuesday arrested for fraud.
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Kamal Vasram — the former director — and Saliesh Indurjeeth, who according to his LinkedIn profile is an accounts assistant, appeared in the Pretoria regional court where they were granted bail of R10,000 each. “The investigation established that Estina submitted customs clearance documents in support of a VAT refund claim. The customs declaration was then scrutinised and placed under the proverbial magnifying glass, whereupon the declared value of over R37.7m for a so-called 'new' pasteurisation plant was suspected to be excessively high,” the two entities said in a statement.
“This observation led to a joint investigation between Sars and the ID, in the spirit of co-operative governance and collaboration, as provided for in terms of section 41 of the constitution of SA.
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