The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it is conducting a search in its records to find out whether or not the companies mentioned in the alleged $313.59 million money laundering case involving a Chinese woman have registered for tax.
The move is to assist the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), which is investigating the case, to determine specific charges to be preferred against the suspect, Chen Jianhua.
The Chief Revenue Officer, Communications and Public Affairs at the GRA, Mr Johnson Menlah Yankey, told the Daily Graphic on Tuesday that if the search by the authority revealed that the companies were registered for tax, the GRA would then advise EOCO on the actual status of the companies involved.
According to EOCO, Chen used these companies to illegally channel the monies to China against the laws of the country.
The anti-graft institution had alleged that Chen, with the connivance of some banks and other persons, made the illegal money transfers from Ghana to China between 2011 and 2019.
