The Mohamed duo’s love for luxury has officially landed them in legal hot water — and this time, no amount of chrome polish can shine it up. Both Azruddin Mohamed and his father Bibi Mohamed have been arrested and charged under the Customs Act after investigators uncovered what may be one of the most audacious tax-evasion stunts in recent memory.
According to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), on December 7, 2020, the Mohameds filed a declaration that would make even the boldest accountant blush. They claimed their 2020 Lamborghini Roadster SVJ — a roaring symbol of wealth and exclusivity — cost a measly US$75,300. To anyone who’s ever Googled the price of a real SVJ, that’s barely enough for a spare bumper. The actual value, as the GRA asserts, was closer to US$695,000.
That jaw-dropping undervaluation wasn’t just a clerical error — it was a calculated deception that allegedly helped the duo evade taxes amounting to $383,383,345. For context, that’s enough to build an entire school complex, fund dozens of community projects, or, as the internet now jokes, buy the “discounted” Lamborghini a few hundred times over.
But the deception didn’t stop with one supercar. The GRA alleges that the Mohameds and several of their relatives undervalued multiple luxury vehicles during importation, dodging roughly $1.2 billion in taxes altogether. It appears the family wasn’t just collecting cars — they were collecting loopholes.
In April 2025, the Full Court of Demerara denied the GRA’s application to overturn an injunction granted by Justice Gino Persaud, leaving the luxury vehicles parked comfortably in the Mohameds’ possession. The GRA, far from giving up, quickly appealed that decision, determined to reclaim what it says the state is rightfully owed.
Now, as Justice Persaud prepares to deliver a ruling on October 31 regarding the judicial review proceedings and GRA’s application, the once-celebrated business family finds itself on the wrong side of the spotlight — arrested, charged, and facing a scandal as loud as the engines they love to rev.
For a family that tried to pass off a US$695,000 Lamborghini as a US$75,000 budget buy, the price of deceit has finally caught up. And this time, it’s not import duty they’ll be paying — it’s accountability.