<h1>Former excise and customs inspector, associate and firm convicted for Rs 32.28 crore fraud via impersonation, forgery, fake exports</h1> A CBI court convicted a former central excise and customs inspector, a private individual and a private company for conspiring to defraud excise and customs duties of Rs.32.28 crore by impersonation, forgery, fraudulent import/clearance as deemed exports and misuse of licensing and warehousing permissions. The defendants were sentenced to five years' imprisonment each and fined a total of Rs.5,53,000. The CBI registered the case in August 2005, filed a charge sheet in August 2008, and following trial the convicted parties were remanded to prison after the judgment.