Now former Commissio-ner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Khurshid Sattaur was let go after he admitted to having breached his oath of office by releasing private taxpayer data, according to Chairman of the GRA Board Rawle Lucas, who said it was among several discoveries that were made.
Sattaur, however, denied the claim and others yesterday, although he did admit to releasing information to a foreign mission on a diplomat. Sattaur also said he was “extremely disturbed” by what he labelled as “allegations” and indicated that he was contemplating taking legal action.
At a press conference held at GRA headquarters, one day after the Board announced the unanimous decision to sever ties with Sattaur effective from March 1, Lucas said that he had “admitted to the Board that he breached his oath of office.” He explained that the Board learned that “approximately one month before the May, 2015 elections, Mr Sattaur divulged sensitive information of a
