GEORGETOWN – VPAC is demanding that Attorney General Anil Nandlall bring the same aggressive, no-tolerance posture he displayed in the Lamborghini tax-evasion case to what it says is an even larger and more alarming luxury-vehicle scandal now unfolding.
According to VPAC, the Attorney General has spent the past week championing the State’s power to conduct post-clearance audits. But the group argues that credibility requires equal enforcement, not selective outrage. “If the AG is serious about protecting public revenue, he must apply the same energy to these new allegations,” VPAC said, warning that anything less would expose dangerous double standards.
The allegations stem from explosive claims made by a former participant in Canada’s Project Myra police operation, who described what he says is a long-running, organized cross-border racket involving VIN tampering, doctored titles, fake documents, smuggling networks, and deliberate downgrading of engine specs to slash taxes in Guyana.
He alleges that a well-known Guyanese auto dealer and a circle of partners used fraudulent paperwork to disguise high-end models as cheaper ones. According to the source, he personally created or helped create fake documents for vehicles such as Range Rover SVRs, Jeep Gladiators, Lexus RX350s, Tacomas, Honda CR-Vs and even a VIN-stripped Polaris Slingshot.
He claims that if any Slingshot currently on Guyana’s roads carries a VIN, that number was printed locally. He further alleges that Guyanese staff handled tampered paperwork, including one case where a Mustang Cobra was reclassified as an electric vehicle to dramatically reduce duties. In total, he claims at least eighteen vehicles passed through this system.
The source also identified an individual connected to a major Sheriff Street auto-parts operation, who he alleges coordinates stolen or fraudulently obtained vehicles from Canada, works closely with shipping agents, and manages offloading and hiding them once they arrive in Guyana. He says he possesses hundreds of VIN numbers, voice notes, messages, and documents showing direct requests from Guyana for fake or downgraded identities, including alleged instructions linked to the dealer.
Several voice notes are already circulating publicly. VPAC argues that if these claims are true, the scale of the fraud would dwarf the Lamborghini matter, amounting to massive customs manipulation and tax evasion that could cost the country far more than any single import dispute.
As a result, VPAC is calling on the Attorney General to immediately order full post-clearance audits, forensic VIN and engine verification, and a comprehensive investigation into every allegation raised. The group noted that the very court ruling the AG recently celebrated affirms the State’s power to revisit past imports, correct underpayments, and act against misdeclarations.
“Guyana cannot run on two systems, one for ordinary citizens and another for powerful businesses,” VPAC said. “If the Attorney General insists that no one is above the law, now is the moment to prove it.”
