Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty has transferred the multi-million dollar tax case against billionaire businessman and Leader of the WIN party, Azruddin Mohamed, to another Court.

Mr. Mohamed is facing charges of fraudulent declaration and tax evasion in relation to the purchase and importation of a luxury vehicle back in 2020 as alleged by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).

The matter will now be heard in Court 3 before Magistrate Fabayo Azore, the acting Chief Magistrate announced this morning.

In making the announcement, the acting Chief Magistrate said she has enough on her plate already.

“I certainly would not be the Magistrate doing this trial. I believe I have quite a lot on my plate already, so, I propose to transfer the matter to another Magistrate,” the Chief Magistrate (ag) McGusty said.

The matter will come up in Court 3 on Friday, October 3, 2025 at 9am for report.

 It is expected that when the case is called the new Magistrate will likelyh set a date for a Case Management Conference (CMC) that will address a date for the commencement of the trial. 

Attorney for the Guyana Revenue Authority, Sanjeev Datadin, in making a case for an early date, said the Prosecution wants the case to proceed. The Defence Attorney Siand Dhurjon had asked for a later date.

“Your worship we have been on this all the time, the prosecution wants to get on. All we are asking for is not a very long time where we are reporting all the time. So, at this stage, any date next week, any date at any time next week, that the court is mindful to send us so that we report would be agreeable”, Datadin told the Court.

But in arriving at the date, the acting Chief Magistrate emphasized that the matter will come up simply for report.

Mohamed is accused of making a false declarations to the Revenue Authority contrary to Section 217 of the Customs Act. The Prosecution alleges that he falsely declared the wrong value of a luxury vehicle imported back in 2020.

The cost of the luxury vehicle was reportedly stated as US$75,300, instead of the alleged purchase price of US$695,000.

Additionally, he is accused of fraudulent evasion contrary to Customs Act. According to the particulars of that offence, Mohamed, by allegedly declaring the cost of the luxury car to be US$75,300 instead of the true price, evaded more than $380 million in local taxes.

He maintains his innocence of the charges.

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