GRA arrests officials of three China Mall outlets over suspected tax evasion

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has arrested officials of China Mall outlets at Ashaiman, Weija and Nsawam over suspected tax evasion involving the alleged use of unauthorised invoicing platforms, and on Friday 13 November 2026.

According to the reports, the arrests followed intelligence-led investigations and mystery shopping exercises in which GRA officers made purchases at the outlets and then checked whether the transactions had been recorded on the Authority's approved Electronic VAT (E-VAT) system. Some of the transactions were allegedly not reflected on the system.

Speaking to journalists after the operation, the Head of GRA's Revenue Protection Unit, Wisdom Kofi Xetor, told journalists: "We made purchases and went through the transactions. After that, we verified whether the transactions had been captured on our system, and we discovered that some of them had not been reflected." He added that the invoices issued did not conform to the Authority's approved invoicing system.

Mr Xetor said investigations were under way to establish the extent of any tax evasion and that the GRA would push for prosecution, with prison sentences of up to five years where deliberate breaches are established.

The GRA has not disclosed the identities or number of those arrested. No one has been charged, and China Mall had not publicly responded to the allegations in the reports reviewed by Ghana Crimes.

Ashaiman and Weija are in the Greater Accra Region; Nsawam is in the Eastern Region.