Vendetta against customs officers fuelling store owners’ shakedown complaints

The owners of several businesses, including a Robb Street clothing store, have accused a senior member of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) of using his position to stifle their trade, but GRA head Khurshid Sattaur countered that the businesses have a vendetta against officers attached to the revenue body.

According to reports, two Saturdays ago, several officers attached to the GRA swooped down on the American Eagle clothing store, located in the Court Yard Mall, on Robb Street, and informed the owners of the business that they owed the GRA significant sums of money. The store owners were subsequently forced to close the entity’s doors.

The owners of the store declined to say much on the matter when approached yesterday but it was stated by an official there