6 NABBED FOR FRAUDULENTLY RECEIVING GST REFUNDS: COPS

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police have arrested six people for faking business transactions of over ₹900 crore to illicitly gain GST refunds. Senior officers said 340 suspicious fake companies are under the scanner for their involvement in the matter.

The police’s cyber cell identified the mastermind of the alleged scam as 33-year-old Gaurav Rawat, a resident of West Vinod Nagar, who has got 12 fake firms registered on one SIM card obtained using fake ID proofs. His associates have been identified as Shailesh Kumar (29), Sandeep Singh Negi (30), Vivek Kumar (42), Manoj Kumar (41), and Harish Chand Girish (45).

Deputy commissioner of police (cyber cell) Anyesh Roy said all the suspects have worked as data entry operators in VAT and GST departments on contractual bases, and are conversant with the vulnerabilities of the taxation system

At least 14 mobile phones, 14 ATM cards, 22 cheque books of fake companies and other documents have been recovered from them, the DCP said.