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The alleged fraud is said to person been committed betwixt February 1 and May 1 past year. (File Photo)
The Ahmedabad Crime Branch is investigating a large-scale alleged Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) fraud successful Gujarat, officials person said. A web of much than 220 benami companies allegedly passing and availing bogus Input Tax Credit (ITC) successful a fraudulent mode are allegedly involved successful the racket, officials added.
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) and the Special Operations Group (SOG), based connected a ailment filed by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI), person carried retired raids astatine 14 premises dispersed crossed 5 districts of Gujarat, including Ahmedabad, Junagadh, Surat, Kheda and Bhavnagar.
An FIR successful the lawsuit was filed astatine the Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) constabulary presumption successful Ahmedabad connected Monday. It was filed by a elder quality serviceman of the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI).
More than 13 firms person been booked successful the case. The alleged fraud is said to person been committed betwixt February 1 and May 1 past year.
The accused person been booked nether Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of invaluable securities), 468 (forgery for intent of cheating), 471 (illegal usage of forged document), 474 (possession of forged papers and intent to usage it), and 120b (party to a transgression conspiracy).
The investigations began with a pb that a firm identified arsenic M/s Dhruvi Enterprise, showing its code successful Shapar, Rajkot, had allegedly obtained a GST registration fraudulently connected the ground of forged documents similar rent statement dated February 13, 2023. The presumption of the steadfast showed ‘cancelled’ arsenic connected March 5, 2023 arsenic per investigations.
As per the ailment by the quality officer, “Analysis of information besides suggested that the portion appeared to beryllium indulging successful receipt and transportation of bogus Input Tax Credit of GST to unscrupulous recipients by issuance of fake invoices without the proviso of underlying goods.”
On October 3, 2024, the complainant intimated the Ahmedabad constabulary which, pursuing verification, recovered the rent statement to beryllium forged and that nary institution by that sanction had existed astatine the registered spot of business.
As per the complaint, the investigation of information revealed that the PAN utilized for Dhruvi Enterprise, was utilized to make “a full of six firms”.
This probe has acceptable disconnected a cascade of investigations into different firms linked to this 1 that had been created utilizing forged documents.
The FIR further states, “Now therefore, based connected supra accusation and probe carried retired by this bureau truthful far, it appears that prima facie, determination is engagement of implicit 220 fraudulently created firms/entities moving crossed the state successful an organized mode to defraud the Government Exchequer by availing and passing of bogus Input Tax Credit.”
It further said, “Usage of forged identities and documents for instauration of specified firms, with intent to orchestrate evasion of work by adopting fraudulent means, has besides been observed. Therefore, it appears to beryllium a ample radical moving towards a transgression conspiracy for causing fiscal nonaccomplishment to the federation to the tune of gross which whitethorn tally into crores of rupees, by the mode of utilizing specified fake billing, forged documents and malafide misrepresentation of facts/documents which needs to beryllium investigated successful detail.”
According to the connection from the Ahmedabad Crime Branch connected Monday, further probe successful this lawsuit is underway.
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