Sanjay Shah, a 52-year-old Briton who is one of the most wanted by Danish authorities, has been arrested by the Dubai Police General Command for his involvement in the largest tax and money laundering scam in the history of the Kingdom of Denmark, worth 12 billion Danish kroner, equivalent to about $1.7 billion, by setting up several companies specializing in "filing profit tax refund requests with incorrect data."
Sanjay Shah's arrest came after Dubai Police received an international arrest warrant from the Danish authorities from the Ministry of Justice represented by the Department of International Cooperation as the central authority receiving requests for official international cooperation and transferred to the Dubai Public Prosecutor's Office.
Lt. Col. Abdullah Khalifa al-Marri, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, explained that the arrest of Sanjay Shah came after a continuous and careful follow-up of his movements by the task forces of the General Directorate of Investigations and Criminal Investigations of Dubai Police under the supervision and follow-up of the Dubai Public Prosecutor's Office to carry out the international arrest warrant, praising the efforts of the task forces in arresting Sanjay Shah and taking the necessary legal measures against him.
Maj. Gen. Khalil Ibrahim al-Mansouri, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police for Criminal Research, said that by exchanging information with danish authorities regarding Sanjay Shah, a team was formed from the General Directorate of Investigations and Criminal Investigation represented by the Department of Wanted Persons and the Department of Anti-Money Laundering Crimes for Research, Investigation and Inference Collection, to follow up on his movements and locate him, and then worked to follow up on his activities to arrest him.
Brig. Gen. Jamal al-Jalaf, director of the General Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Investigation, said sanjay Shah's arrest was in accordance with international cooperation and mutual coordination between Dubai police and Danish authorities after receiving the international arrest warrant.
Brigadier General Al-Jalaf explained that by establishing several companies, Sanjay Shah submitted requests for the recovery of dividend taxes paid on dividends, where he laundered profits resulting from tax fraud by submitting tax refund claims with incorrect data about transactions related to Comics taxes, which means buying shares shortly before their profits are distributed shortly after distribution, and aims to obtain large funds through tax refunds paid to the Danish government.
Brigadier General Al-Jalaf concluded that Dubai Police referred the file of "Sanjay Shah" to the Public Prosecutor's Office to take judicial action by handing him over in accordance with international laws in this regard.