Ahmedabad man is 10th arrestee in Rs 2,000 crore fake billing scam

AHMEDABAD: In connection with the Rs 2,000 crore fake billing scam, the state goods and services tax (SGST) department on Thursday arrested Kirtiraj Sutariya from Ahmedabad. Suspicious documents and evidence were found from the location from where he was arrested, and are being examined by the SGST officials.
Sutariya was presented before the additional chief metropolitan magistrate on Friday and SGST officials have sought a 14-day remand.

Sutariya’s is the 10th arrest in this fake billing scam, which was unearthed from Bhavnagar. His involvement and whereabouts were identified based on accounts of electronic documents and transaction details, obtained from the place of residence of Mohammad Abbas Meghani alias MM and Afzal Sajwani – who are the key accused in the case. Sutariya was involved in operating some 24 shell companies which illicitly claimed input tax credit (ITC) worth Rs 108.64 crore using fake bills worth Rs 577.32 crore. These fake bills were sold to several other traders for lump-sum amounts.
The involvement of some 200 shell companies in the concerned fake billing scam is already being probed.