In a fresh case of GST fraud, a former employee of a private firm has been arrested by police for allegedly generating fake invoices of around ₹10 crore to claim input tax credit of ₹1.8 crore.
On Saturday, police arrested the accused Abhinav Tyagi, who is originally from Moradabad and is currently residing in the Bisrakh area of Greater Noida. He was nabbed by the Cyber Police, news agency PTI reported, citing officials. Abhinav was arrested for generating fake invoices of around ₹10 crore as a former employee of a private firm in Noida.
The accused allegedly colluded with an accomplice to carry out the fraud while working in the accounts section of the company and handling filings on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and tax-return portals, officials added.
“On Saturday, the Cyber Police, Noida, arrested Abhinav Tyagi. He had prepared fake invoices amounting to about ₹10 crore to claim GST of ₹1.8 crore,” Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Noida) Shavya Goyal told PTI.
A total of four mobile phones, eight SIM cards, along with a laptop, a car, GST documents and a rent agreement were seized from the accused. The police have filed an FIR under the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita and the Information Technology Act. Tyagi was produced before a court and subsequently sent to jail, while efforts are on to arrest his accomplice, they added.
In a similar incident of GST scam, two men were arrested in August, exposing fake e-way bills and forged documents worth an estimated ₹1,300 crore. Several incriminating material was also found with them and were subsequently seized, including laptops, printers, mobile phones and forged GST documents. The accused were reportedly generating fake GST invoices, weighbridge receipts, and e-way bills using shell companies to defraud the government.
In separate cases of GST fraud, the State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) department in Pune arrested two company directors for fraudulent claims of Input Tax Credit (ITC), collectively amounting to approximately ₹50 crore in tax evasion. One of the accused, Yashwant Kumar Tailor, director of Magic Gold Bullion Pvt. Ltd., was arrested on Saturday.
