CGST Raigad busts fake GST ITC racket of Rs 13 cr, one arrested
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CGST of Raigad busted a racket of fake GST Input Tax Credit involving fake invoices amounting to Rs 70Cr involving ITC of RS 13Cr and arrested one person in the case.
The CGST (Central Goods & Services Tax) Commissionerate in Raigad busted a racket of fake GST Input Tax Credit (ITC) via fake invoices amounting to Rs 70 Crore involving ITC of Rs 13 Crore.
In the said case the central taxation agency has arrested the proprietor of a Kalamboli based firm, M/s. Zaid Enterprises.
Based on tip off from Central Intelligence Unit (CIU) of CGST Mumbai zone, a team from Anti-Evasion Wing of CGST Commissionerate Raigad initiated an investigation, which revealed that M/s Zaid Enterprises had availed fake ITC on the basis of bogus invoices issued by more than 10 non-existing firms and passed this fake ITC to other firms.
The proprietor of the firm had not been operating from the Principal place of business declared in the GST portal but instead was operating on the move. He was traced and apprehended after a 15 km chase, apprehended from near a petrol station in Navi Mumbai.
The accused has been arrested on March 4, 2022, under Section 69 of the Central Goods and Services Act, 2017 for committal of offences under Section 132 of the said Act and was produced before the Judicial Magistrate, Panvel, wherein he has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days.
Besides the above, based on the past trend analysis and data analytics tools, officers had been keeping a watch on the number of such fake entities which had been mushrooming and operating from a small locality in Taloja, Navi Mumbai. They had been taking GST registrations based on forged/stolen identities or for the sole purpose of generating, availing, utilizing and passing on of fake ITC.
These cases are a part of special Anti-Evasion drive launched by CGST, Mumbai Zone against the fraudsters and tax evaders who are creating unhealthy competition for compliant taxpayers and defrauding the Government exchequer. CGST Raigad Commissionerate has detected tax evasion of nearly Rs. 700 Crore and recovered Rs. 405 Crore and arrested nine persons, in the financial year 2021-22.
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