Pune: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) department registered a case of cheating and forgery against eight people, who fudged GST invoices of 58 companies and cheated the govt of Rs561.58 crore. The GST officials also arrested a man from Hyderabad.
He allegedly prepared these fake and fabricated GST invoices. GST officer Ravi Bhushanprasad Singh Kumar (34) lodged a complaint in this regard with the Bund Garden police on Friday evening. Senior inspector Ravindra Gaikwad of the Bund Garden police said, "The GST department arrested the man from Hyderabad in this case and the GST officials are investigating it.
They lodged a formal FIR with us." According to the police, the GST officers claimed that the tax evasion took place between 2021 and 2024. Gaikwad said, "The GST officers were checking the online tax invoice record of a company based in Talegaon Dhamdhere and dealing in scrap.
The GST officials became suspicious while studying the online submissions of the Talegaon Dhamdhere-based firm and decided to check the GST invoices properly after visiting the company. The record claimed that the company paid the GST after procuring scrap from a company based in Hyderabad, but in reality, it did not pay the GST." He said, "The GST officials decided earlier this month to check the Hyderabad-based company by visiting it.
The authorities did not find any company functioning from the address mentioned in the GST invoice. However, GST receipts were linked to an Aadhaar card. The GST offi.