Chinese man living in India with fake identity held for hawala racket, spying on Dalai Lama: Report
New Delhi/IBNS: A Chinese man operating under fake identity has been arrested for laundering nearly Rs1000 crore in connivance with several Chinese companies for bribing some Tibetan monks in Delhi, possibly to gather information on Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama and his associates, Income Tax Department has told the government agencies, an NDTV report said.
Luo Sang had entered India illegally through Nepal in 2014 and was operating under the fake name Charlie Peng. He had married a woman from Mizoram and took up Indian identity with a passport issued from Manipur, the report said.
He was arrested on Tuesday during a raid in Delhi by the Income Tax Department. The Delhi Police said he was earlier arrested for spying in September 2018, but was released on bail.
The IT Department has told the government agencies that the money was transferred to the Tibetan monks by men working at Luo Sang's office. Lu Sang and his associates conducted all their communications on Chinese app WeChat.
A Delhi-based Chartered Accountant has been found to have helped them in money laundering through 40 accounts across several banks all of which have been seized. He is being questioned and is yet to be arrested.
Transactions worth Rs 300 crore, many of them routed through Hong Kong, were done through these bank accounts by Chinese companies, some of which have been traced, sources said, the report added, The discussions over this was also done on We Chat,The NDTV report added..
According to the report many bank employees are suspected to be involved in some capacity and many of them are being watched.
The NDTV report said the IT officials have revealed that the bigger Chinese companies were issuing fake purchase orders for small Chinese companies and the smaller companies raised bogus bills.
The IT Department has said Luo Sang and other Chinese nationals opened 40 bank accounts in the name Chinese shell companies and laundered over Rs 1000 crore while registered Chinese companies allegedly showed advances to the tune of Rs 100 crore from firms which were shell companies, to enter the Indian retail market, said the report.
The officials are now involving the GST department to take the investigation forward, added the report.
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