In a massive crackdown, the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) of Delhi has uncovered a scam involving fraudulent GST refunds within the Trade & Taxes department of the Delhi Government and arrested a Goods and Service tax officer along with six associates.
Seven people were arrested for allegedly running the racket of fake invoices and getting GST refunds from the department. The seven arrested persons include a GST officer, three advocates, two transporters, and a fake firm proprietor, informed ACB.
According to ACB, They created 96 fake firms, which were cunningly used to siphon off taxpayer money by claiming fraudulent GST refunds.
Shockingly, refunds worth rupees 35.51 crore were approved between 2021 and 2022. In the first year, only refunds worth rupees 7 lakh were approved but later the remaining were approved.