Overview

• Two individuals in Prayagraj were booked for ₹17 crore fraud after running shell companies and submitting forged electricity bills under GST filings
• In Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh, a firm owner was charged for issuing ₹96.53 crore in fake invoices and evading ₹17.57 crore in GST dues with forged PAN and utility records
• Karnataka Commercial Taxes Department arrested Rajasthan-based Kailash Bishnoi in Bengaluru for facilitating ₹39 crore of bogus input tax credit through 17 sham firms active across seven states
• Agencies have cancelled the GST registrations of all implicated shell companies and frozen associated bank accounts to stem further claims
• Investigators are expanding probes and conducting forensic audits of seized digital evidence to map the full network and recover defrauded revenues