The National Police is holding a man suspected to have used falsified documents to evade taxes (VAT).
The suspect is identified as Iyaremye Fred the director of Festimo Company that deals in the installation of telecommunications masts.
Iyaremye was arrested early this week while trying to falsify documents worth Frw40Million that was likely to enable him evade government taxes (VAT) equivalent to Frw7Million.
However,by press time Iyaremye neither denied nor confirmed he had committed the crime but said, his accounts were better placed to elaborate on book keeping matters and that he has never authorized them to evade taxes.
The Police Spokesperson, Supt. Theos Badege explained that there was an audit carried out leading to the discovery of forged receipts.
Badege warned businessmen against tax evasion.
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