GST dept discovered 5k (Appx)Cr. of fake billing scandal

GST Dept discovered 5k (Appx)Cr. of fake billing scandal. 

• Investigators have discovered that at least 25% of the estimated Rs 20,000 crore of bogus billing took place in Gujarat, in a key breakthrough in the Bhavnagar fake billing scandal, which entailed altering with the Aadhaar data of unsuspecting people to fraudulently get GST registrations in their names.
• According to sources close to the situation, bogus billing of at least Rs 5,000 crore is thought to have occurred in Gujarat alone, with the amount of taxes avoided running into hundreds of crores.
• The scam was discovered in February during a spot verification exercise in Surat by State Goods and Services Tax officials.
• “The State Goods and Services Tax department has already alerted the relevant departments in other states to investigate these GST numbers and detect fraudulent billing and taxes.”
• Throughout State Goods and Services Tax dept Searches on Aadhaar facilities, it was discovered that cellphone Nos associated with around 2,800 Aadhaar cards had been changed.
• According to sources in the investigation authorities, this is one of the country’s largest false billing schemes, with linkages to tax frauds committed in various states, including Delhi, UP, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, MP & those in the Northeast.
• “The investigators made a significant breakthrough after discovering a new method of operation: falsifying Aadhaar data to obtain permanent account number cards and GST registrations.” Goods and Services Tax registrations obtained with fudged Aadhaar data have been discovered in all major states,” according to a source and So report say that 25% of Fake Billing in Aadhaar-GST Scam Done in Gujarat

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