UAE-Based Consultant in Mumbai Files Case After Receiving False Rs. 2.84 Crore GST Notice, Alleges PAN Misuse

A 48-year-old man who is serving for an aviation Consultancy in the UAE gets a notice from the Income Tax Department asking for Rs. 2.84 crore GST on the total business income of Rs. 13.8 crore. After that, his daughter registered a complaint against unknown fraudsters.

A resident of Santacruz, Jitendra Adsool, was left confused after receiving a notice that claimed that he was the owner of the firm named “Cultural Traders” in the years between 2019 and 2022. The man claimed that he had never run any firm/business or any related transaction. A forgery case has been registered by the Vakola police.

He even approached the Income Tax Department with his daughter, but his complaint was not addressed, he claimed. As per the FIR registered on March 17, Adsool gets a notice. After that, he and his family took advice from their Chartered Accountant (CA), who contacted the Income Tax Department.

The CA informed the tax authorities that his client’s PAN card had been forged and misused. According to the daughter’s complaint, they discovered through information gathered from the Income Tax (IT) department that two different photos and signatures were used in transactions under her father’s name, using his PAN card. When we approached the IT department in September to report this fraud, they failed to assist us by sharing any details, despite being informed about the misuse.

The police said the daughter filed the case after receiving emails from the IT department of Tax.