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New Delhi : The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI), Rohtak Regional Unit, under Gurugram Zonal Unit in Haryana, on November 12, 2020, arrested one Satinder Kumar Singla of Hisar, who was found involved in issuing fake invoices from various firms without actual movement of goods having taxable value of Rs 75 crore (approx.) and fraudulently passing Input Tax Credit (ITC) amounting to Rs 13.08 crore.
The man passed on such fraudulent ITC to some of the buyers who availed of the same to discharge their GST liability against their outward supplies with an ulterior motive to defraud the Government exchequer. During the course of investigation, Satinder Kumar Singla admitted his involvement in issuing only invoices without actual movement of goods for earning commission and some of the cash entries in the records resumed pertained to such commission.
Thus, Satinder Kumar Singla has committed offences under the provisions of the Central Goods & Services Tax Act (CGST), 2017. Consequently, he was arrested on November 12, 2020, under Section 69 of the CGST Act, 2017, following which he was produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Rohtak. The CJM, Rohtak, remanded him to judicial custody of 14 days. Further investigations in the matter are in the progress.