The Dubai\nPolice have arrested Mr Sanjay Shah, a suspect in a DKK 12 billion ($1.7\nbillion) dividend-tax fraud case in Denmark, with the aim of subsequent\nextradition for prosecution in Denmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The arrest\nfollows close cooperation between Danish and Emirati authorities per a recently\nsigned bilateral extradition treaty in March 2022, establishing a foundation\nfor extraditing individuals suspected of committing crimes on Danish soil to\nDenmark for prosecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lieutenant\nGeneral Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police,\nreaffirmed that Dubai Police, per the directives and instructions of our wise\nleadership, has always been keen on maintaining strong, active, and vital\ncommunication channels with the world’s police and justice agencies to tackle\ntransnational organised crime including financial crimes and fraud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lt. Gen. Al\nMarri also praised the tremendous efforts made by the force’s team from the\nGeneral Department of Criminal Investigations, who located, tracked, and\narrested the suspect in coordination with the Dubai Public Prosecution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Expert Major\nGeneral Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri, Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Criminal\nInvestigation Affairs, explained that through the exchange of information with\nthe Danish authorities on the 52-year old British national -Mr Sanjay Shah, a\ntask force of elite officers and members from the Wanted Persons Department and\nthe Anti-Money Laundering Department investigated, gathered evidence, and\ntracked the suspect’s movements and whereabouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brigadier\nJamal Al Jallaf, director of the General Department of Criminal Investigations,\nsaid they had received an international arrest warrant from the Danish\nauthorities via the Ministry of Justice represented by the Department of\nInternational Cooperation and the Public Prosecution in Dubai, to arrest Mr\nShah for a dividend-tax fraud case in Denmark worth DKK 12 billion ($1.7\nbillion). He explained that Dubai Police raid officers carried out the arrest\nwith extreme precision and professionalism. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brig. Al Jallaf explained\nthat Mr Shah was wanted by Danish authorities for being involved in a scheme in\nwhich foreign businesses pretended to own shares in Danish companies and claim\ntax refunds for which they were not eligible. He pointed out that Mr Shah,\nalong with others, is facing charges of dividend-tax fraud and money\nlaundering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe fraud\nscheme, known as ‘cum-ex’ trading, involved submitting more thousands of\napplications to the Danish Treasury on behalf of investors and companies from\nseveral countries around the world in order to receive dividend tax refunds,\u201d\nhe continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brig. Al Jallaf pointed\nout that Mr Sanjay Shah will be handed over to the competent Danish authorities\nafter presenting him before the Public Prosecution in Dubai and taking legal\nactions to obtain his extradition warrant per the international laws in this\nregard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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