Thierry Lagesse Abroad: the CCID's Around the Corner

10 years, 8 months ago - 6 August 2013, lexpress.mu
Thierry Lagesse Abroad: the CCID's Around the Corner
The President of the Board of Groupe Mon Loisir is in the viewfinder investigators.Thierry Lagesse is expected upon his return to Mauritius in the premises of the Central Criminal Investigation Department (CCID). He will have to explain customs fraud on a Mercedes convertible worth Rs 16 million.

How did he end up driving a Mercedes SLS 63 AMG a "returning president" ? This is what will explain industrial Thierry Lagesse upon his arrival. Especially that last September, the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) was the seizure of the car of 6.2 liters worth Rs 18 million inclusive of all taxes. After it dismantled a network of fraudsters who abuse the exemption from customs duty granted to Mauritians returning home. 

Photo and video support, the MRA has tracked this Mercedes and a Porsche Panamera andPorsche Cayenne for five months. Thierry Lagesse was then seen driving the Mercedes, while members of a merchant family had boarded the two Porsche. However, the absence of a settlement agreement with the "real" owners with respect to a tax refund, the MRA is given to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

The case of the Mercedes was treated as a priority by the CCID. Yesterday Monday, August 5, the owner, Seeburrun Ashish Kumar, a teacher of 34 years, was arrested in Providence. He is accused of defrauding the state. It has acquired the vehicle in February 2011, stating that it is Rs 3.3 million tax while the actual price is Rs 6.9 million. This represents a loss of Rs 7.2 million for the state because it would have put the car Thierry Lagesse with his "horse power." 

Asked by Sergeant Robin Bhundoo, Ashish Kumar argued his right to silence. He was confronted with documents on a "loan" of Rs 11 million that would have granted Thierry Lagesse without interest, repayable over four years with an option to purchase the Mercedes . In the entourage of Thierry Lagesse, it explains that it was a user "episodic" this little gem. 

Dhaneswar Toolsee, SS Motorpoint, who is believed to have acted as an intermediary in this case should be decided on Tuesday morning.