A probe into a multi-crore GST fraud took the sleuths of Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police to a guard whose documents were allegedly misused by his employer. The PAN card used in procuring the GST number also belonged to someone else, police said.
The employer, a 56-year-old businessman from Greater Noida, has been arrested. According to DCP (EOW) Vikram Porwal, Shashi Kant Gupta had allegedly been misusing the identities and documents of others to carry out the fraud. Police started a probe after chartered accountant Rajiv Jain filed a complaint after discovering that his PAN card had been used to obtain a fake GST number for a firm. “This GST number was used to carry out transactions worth Rs 14.8 crore between July and Nov 2019. Police apprehended Gupta on April 21. The investigation involved gathering evidence from GST department, including mobile numbers and email IDs linked to the fraudulent GST registration,” Porwal said. The mobile number used for the GST registration led to the guard working for Gupta. It was found that Gupta had taken the guard’s identity documents on the pretext of opening a bank account for depositing his salary.
EOW also found that Gupta had opened several accounts in a private bank in the name of 11 different firms to evade GST department’s scrutiny. The accounts were opened using the identities of people who were presented as known to Gupta in the bank.
Source: The Times of India
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