Delhi Police Bust Rs 128 Crore Fake GST Racket, TV Mechanic Among Arrested

A TV mechanic and an accountant from Bhopal have been arrested for allegedly running a Rs 128 crore fake GST invoicing racket created using stolen identity documents by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police.

After this arrest, the total number of accused held in this case has risen to eight.

The two newly arrested are Puneet, from Yamuna Vihar in Northeast Delhi, and Hemant Mulani, a 24-year-old commerce graduate from Bhopal. According to investigators, the two allegedly played key roles in setting up fake GST firms and enabling fraudulent invoicing activities.

On 24 March, after the investigators found that a fake proprietorship firm had allegedly been created using stolen identity documents, the case was registered at the EOW police station. Police claimed that the victim’s documents were allegedly collected after falsely promising him to give employment in the GST department.

During the investigation six accused were already arrested, and after interrogation of the accused, the involvement of Puneet and Hemant was revealed.

According to the police, Puneet, who was a TV Mechanic has access to digital copies of several customers during the course of this work and he passed one such ID to Hemant in exchange for money.

Hemant, who worked as an accountant in Bhopal and was familiar with the GST refund system, used the documents to create fake GST firms. After this the digital credentials of these firms were sold to other accused for fake invoicing and GST filings.

Ravi Kumar Singh Additional commissioner of police (EOW) said “Hemant paid Puneet Rs 5,000 for arranging the complainant’s ID, while the credentials of the fake firm were later handed over to another accused, Nitin Verma, for Rs 50,000.”