4 arrested for GST fraud worth crores in Rajasthan

Tightening their grip on tax frauds, the CGST team of Alwar arrested four men on tax frauds worth over Rs 1300 crore by allegedly raising fake invoices for multinational companies. The sleuths raided many places and busted at least 6 fake firms.

Alwar: Four men who committed tax fraud in separate cases amounting to over Rs 1300 crore have been arrested in Rajasthan's Alwar district. They allegedly raised fake invoices for multinational companies for bogus services worth Rupees crores.

Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Joint Commissioner Kuldeep Singh's team disclosed the case. The accused have been identified at Sanjeev Jain, Bhaskar Jangid, Sumit Dutta and Ramesh Jain, who are being questioned by the team.

As per the information, this is the biggest Goods and Services Tax frauds busted in the city in recent times.

The sleuths raided many places, including Delhi, Jaipur and Alwar. They also busted at least 6 fake firms during the raid.

The fraudsters were allegedly forging through few companies namely M/s Mohit Metals, M/s Veto Merchants and M/s Swissline Intrade.

The investigation also revealed that the fraudsters defrauded the government by taking fake ITC claims worth more than Rs 210 crores.

According to CGST Joint Commissioner Singh, the accused were produced in the court from where they have been sent to jail.