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DGGI Gurugram arrests man for fraudulently availing input tax credit of ₹ 376 crore through 7 fake firms

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..... DGGI Gurugram arrests man for fraudulently availing input tax credit of ₹ 376 crore through 7 fake firms - Goods and Services Tax - GST Dated:- 10-2-2021 - News - The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) Gurugram Zonal Unit (GZU), Haryana, has arrested Shri Ritesh Aggarwal, resident of Bahadurgarh, Haryana on charges of passing and availment of fake ITC while operating dummy, fak .....

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..... e and non-existent firms and encashing this unduly availed input tax credit (ITC) through IGST refund mode by showing export of cigarettes. It became apparent from the investigation that Shri Ritesh Aggarwal , the proprietor of M/s SR Impex was de-facto controller of another firm - M/s SR International. In the supply chain of these firm were found to be six other dummy firms by the names of M/s .....

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..... Joles Trading Co, AS Traders, AR Traders, Om Traders, Capital India S.M enterprises - all controlled by Shri Ritesh Agarwal. In all these firms, Shri Ritesh Aggarwal had availed and passed on ITC of ₹ 376 crore by means of billing without goods. Shri Ritesh Aggarwal was sanctioned refund of ₹ 37.13 crore from the department. In addition, Shri Ritesh Aggarwal was found to be a ha .....

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..... bitual offender. In an earlier case also Show Cause Notice for demand of ₹ 26.53 crore was issued to him for similar modus operandi of operating fake firm, M/s SS Co. (GSTIN 06DJUPD5067G2ZW) and availing and passing on fake ITC. Further, Shri Ritesh Aggarwal, who also adopts the alias of Ravi Gupta, was found to be accused in the Show Cause notice dated 01.03.2019 issued by the DGRI wh .....

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..... erein fraudulent drawback was availed on imported areca nuts by forging the Certificate of Origins. The investigation spanned multiple locations in Delhi and Haryana and based on documentary evidence and statement recorded of many suppliers of these firms, it was ascertained that Shri Ritesh Aggarwal is a key person in orchestrating this racket of making fake/non-existent/dummy firms and wrongl .....

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..... y availment and passing on on ITC of ₹ 376 crore. Accordingly, Shri Ritesh Aggarwal was arrested on 09.02.2021 and produced before Duty MM, Patiala House Court Delhi, who ordered judicial custody. Further investigations in the matter are under progress. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITa .....

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