DGGI Hqs arrests trader for issuing bogus invoices without supply of goods

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New Delhi : The Directorate General of GST Intelligence Hqrs. (DGGI Hqrs.) on July 18, 2019, arrested Anupam Singla, son of Krishan Kumar Singla, permanent resident of Sirsa, Haryana, who had created about 90 fake firms for the purpose of issuing bogus invoices without supply of goods thereon.

During the search conducted at the Delhi residence/offices of Anupam Singla, DGGI Hqrs, recovered 110 debit/credit cards belonging to different persons; blank signed cheque books/ blank cheque books pertaining to 173 different bank accounts; blank bilty books belonging to various transporters; identity proofs of different persons; number of mobile SIM cards; and other incriminating documents.

The firms opened by Anupam Singla issued invoices worth Rs 7,672 crore including the circularly traded value with a GST component of Rs 660 Crore. The said firms have passed on fraudulent Input Tax Credit (ITC) to some of the well established Traders and Cotton Yarn Spinners who have availed of the same to discharge their GST liability against their outward supplies, with an ulterior motive to defraud the Government Exchequer.

Thus Anupam Singla has committed offences under the provisions of Sections 132(1)(b) and 132(1)(l) of the CGST Act, 2017, which are cognisable and non-bailable under Section 132(5) of the CGST Act, 2017 and are punishable under Section 132(1)(i) of the CGST Act, 2017.

Consequently, Anupam Singla was arrested on July 18 under Section 69(1) of the CGST Act, 2017, following which he was produced before the CMM, New Delhi, at Patiala House Courts. The CMM  remanded Anupam Singla to judicial custody of 14 days on July 19, 2019. During the investigations conducted so far into the fake billing racket in the cotton industry, the DGGI Hqrs. has recovered an amount of Rs.32.60 crore towards the GST evaded. Further investigations in the matter are in progress, according to a PIB release.