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Mumbai: Scam that robbed govt’s GST dept of Rs 150+ cr busted
Updated On: 26 September, 2023 07:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Anurag Kamble
GST’s vigilance officers find bizmen used shell companies, forged rent agreements and, in connivance with GST officers, submitted bogus claims to walk away with crores in refunds
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Goods and Services Tax Bhavan in Mazagaon on Monday. Pic/Ashish Raje
The vigilance wing of the state Goods and Services Tax (GST) department has unearthed a Rs 150-crore scam involving 17 traders and two Mumbai-based tax officers. As per the investigation into the matter, the masterminds allegedly formed 40 shell companies and named contractual workers, porters, hotel waiters and drivers as their directors. Following an in-depth probe, one of the tax officials was suspended a few months ago. If sources are to be believed, several other top officials are involved. Vigilance officials have refrained from registering an FIR in the matter so far.
As per the report, the fraud was detected in 2022, following which the vigilance wing was roped in to carry out a detailed probe. Preliminary investigations into the case revealed that the masterminds of the scam formed around 40 shell companies while 16 traders from Ghatkopar and one from Kurla were given non-refundable returns of more than Rs 150 crore.
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