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Fifth hearing of the cruise case / issuance of clearance certificate of 2,000 consignments with fake documents


According to Fars News Agency, the fifth hearing of the case of Cruise Automobile Company was held today in the Fourth Branch of the Special Court for Investigation of Economic Corruption and chaired by Judge Salavati.

At the beginning of the hearing, the prosecutor’s representative stood and read the rest of the indictment.

Fooladi said: Defendant Karamkhani said in his confession that the customs officials of Imam Khomeini Airport had taken safe cars from Saipa, Iran Khodro, Mega Motor, Shahed, Cruise and several other companies, and the customs managers are also aware of this issue. The Director General of Customs of Imam Khomeini Airport (RA) uses the Mazda 3 car of one of the companies.

He added: The accused Karamkhani, the technical deputy of Imam Airport customs, had also received a Mazda 3 car from the cruise company, which after detaining several people, returned the car to the company and received a safe car from another company, which is a routine. It is considered normal in customs.

The prosecutor’s representative said: Defendant Fatehi, Director General of Customs at Imam Khomeini Airport, said in his confession that companies that work with customs after office hours and regularly provide cars to customs. Cruise Company had provided one vehicle and Iran Khodro 2 vehicles that could not be numbered on the airport runway, and about 4 vehicles were in the possession of the customs commercial area.

He continued that the accused preacher also said in his confession that Mr. Azizi and the mansion worker were receiving gifts from the client at the customs exit gate.

The prosecutor’s representative stated: Regarding receiving vouchers from companies, the defendant Fatehi said that these amounts are received as an expedited fee because the postal companies were working with the customs all days of the week and paid sums to expedite the work. .

Defendant Fatehi said in his confession about the people who received the bill at the customs that the customs deputies received money at the end of the year and the rest received tea at the same time during the year.

The prosecutor’s representative said: “Investigations show that defendant Fatehi, by forming a bribery network at the exit door of Imam Khomeini Airport, in addition to receiving bribes from his clients, provided the cost of bribes to managers through the same bribery network.”

He stated: The accused Navid Gharib had obtained a license to register an order from the Ministry of Silence and allocate foreign currency from the operating banks and obtain a standard license for imported goods with forged documents. Navid Gharib has played a key role in forging documents.
The representative of the prosecutor stated: Regarding the forgery of the clearance documents of the cruise company, the defendant Fatehi said that the cruise company made the clearance documents themselves because the company is on the green path of the clearance committee and its production line needs raw materials daily. They have to confirm the clearance documents. For example, when they upload unrelated documents instead of real documents in the customs system, it indicates that they have not waited for the documents to be sent from the origin.

He stated: Defendant Fatehi has explicitly admitted that so far he has not sent any correspondence with judicial authorities alleging that the cruise company clearance documents were forged. By examining the customs clearance files of Iran Customs, it has been determined that clearance certificates have been issued for more than 2,000 cottages with fake documents or unrelated images.

Judge Salavati stated: Instead of clearance documents, a picture of nature and mother has been uploaded in the customs system, which has nothing to do with the issue.

The prosecutor’s representative stated: The type of images uploaded as positive customs documents in Imam Khomeini Airport customs is as follows: image without text 59 documents, image with text on the subject of mother 47 documents, image without document 202 pieces, full image in red And 39 black, 4 distorted images, a total of 347 unrelated documents have been uploaded in customs documents.
The prosecutor’s representative said that defendant Fatehi had said that the exit door experts should have carried out the necessary investigation in connection with the forgery of the clearance documents, and that the assessment experts should have evaluated the documents and reported any violations to the inspector.

Defendant Fatehi blames the person in charge of not checking the forged documents on the person in charge of evaluating the exit door and inspecting it, while he was aware of the forged documents and ordered the goods to be cleared as a percentage.

His main role in the clearance of goods is also revealed when the bribes paid to him were more than other customs officials.
The prosecutor’s representative said that smuggled goods would never have entered the country if government officials had performed their duties.

The prosecutor’s representative stated: Defendant Fatehi received about 104 million Tomans from Mr. Azizi, in charge of the customs exit gate of Imam Airport, in the form of a purchase voucher.

Regarding the reasons for the accusations of the accused, Mohammad Reza Asadi said: Mohammad Reza Asadi, Director General of Tehran and West Tehran Customs, accused of receiving a Mazda 3 car at the factory door for easy clearance of goods for the cruise company. It has accepted 83 million from transportation companies.

The prosecutor’s representative said: Defendant Asadi has stated in his confession that he bought a Mazda 3 car from Bahman Motor Company and handed over the car 6 months after registration and used it personally.

He continued: Defendant Asadi has stated in his confession that he had the least working relationship with Cruise and Bahman Motor Company and had no role in smuggling goods. In his confession, he accepted receiving coins from transport companies.

The prosecutor’s representative stated: Defendant Asadi stated that he had received 83 million Tomans from Mr. Pirani, in charge of the western customs exit gate, and that he had spent part of it on himself.

The representative of the prosecutor said: “According to the investigations, it has been determined that a part of the cleared goods was done as a percentage by the order of the accused Asadi, whose role in the smuggling of goods is proven.”

The prosecutor’s representative stated: “According to the customs law, the companies’ documents should be checked and based on their good records, the goods should be cleared as a percentage, while the investigations show that the cruise company uploaded unusual images in the customs system instead of the clearance documents.”

Regarding the accusations of the accused Shapur Karamkhani, the representative of the prosecutor said: Karamkhani has been the technical deputy of the customs of Imam Khomeini Airport since 1996 and is accused of receiving bribes from various companies.

The prosecutor’s representative stated: Defendant Karamkhani played an effective role in the organized smuggling of the cruise company.

Following this, Judge Salavati announced the end of the court session and said: The next court session will be held tomorrow, February 31.

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