SANTO DOMINGO.- The Internal Taxes Agency (DGII) on Monday morning shuttered the import company Importadora Dominguez, CxA, accused of defrauding the Government out of millions via businesses that used forged tax payment voucher (NCF) numbers.

The DGII said it closed Dominguez, located in the capital’s Colonial Zone, after it declared expenses of more than five million pesos based on a NCF issued by the ghost company ETIFIX and didn’t respond to the Agency’s challenge to the claim.

ETIFIX was one of the companies that was caught selling forged NCFs for others to base false expense claims, for which the DGII challenged all NCFs reported by third parties and originating from that company

In a statement sent to news source diariolibre.com the DGII affirms having given Dominguez a 20 day deadline to rectify or justify its expense reports, but when it failed to comply, the Agency was left with no alternative than to collect the debt.

The DGII added that it proceed to close the business for five days, during which Dominguez executives must appear to comply with their tax payment requirements.