Tax consultant arrested for GST Fraud of Rs. 582 Cr 

 

OFFICE OF THE PR. COMMISSIONER

CENTERAL GST & CENTRAL EXCISE, VADODARA-I

Central Gst Building Race Course Circle

VADODARA-390 007

 

PRESS NOTE

Tax Consultant Arrested in Rs. 582 Crores Bogus Bill GST  fraud case  

                         The officers of CGST ,Vadodara-I upon specific intelligence have booked a case against M/s. Datar Enterprise , vadodara , circulation of fake invoices valued Rs. 582 Crores of the various commodities like Gold, Silver &Copper etc without any physical movement of good. Tax Consultant Shri Hiten J. Mandaliya solely managed the firm, M/s Datar  Enterprise. Bogus purchase Invoices worth Rs 274 crores were received and bogus sales invoices worth Rs 308 crores were issued, of commodities like Gold, Silver, Copper, cement, Labour etc,   by M/s Datar Enterprise to many firms of vadodara & Ahmedabad  for availment and passing of fraudulent Input Tax Credit amounting to Rs. 20 Crores without any physical /actual movements of Good.

                      Further, follow up searches were carried out at the premises of some vadodara based purchasers of the bogus invoices, who admitted to have availed ITC without any receipt of goods and services from M/s datar Enterprise, at the instance of  Shri Hiten J. Mandaliya.

                       Shri Hiten J. Mandaliya, Tax consultant of M/s. Datar Enterprise has been arrested on 13.01.2019. He was sent to the Judicial Custody till 25.01.2019 by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vadodara.

                        Further, investigations are underway at the end of the firm involved with M/s. Datar Enterprise has. The possibility of existence of other fake firm issuing fake invoices without actual movement of good in the case cannat be ruled out

(S.K.Singh)

Additional Commissionar (Prev.)

CGST &  Central Excise,

Vadodara-I