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The Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has busted an alleged GST fraud cartel operating done ammunition companies and fake invoicing networks, arresting six individuals progressive successful swindling ₹128 crore, an authoritative said connected Saturday (May 16, 2026).
The accused allegedly operated fake firms, generating bogus GST invoices, and availing wrongful Input Tax Credit (ITC) without immoderate existent proviso of goods oregon services, EOW successful a connection said.
On May 15, EOW teams made respective raids astatine antithetic locations successful Delhi-NCR and arrested Raj Kumar Dixit, Amar Kumar, Vibhash Kumar Mitra, Nitin Verma, Mohammad Waseem, and Abid.
A lawsuit of GST fraud was registered against a fake firm, M/s RK Enterprises, astatine the EOW Police Station connected March 24 nether assorted sections of the BNS.
The complainant alleged that his Aadhaar card, PAN card, energy measure and biometric details were misused connected the pretext of providing him employment successful the GST Department, the connection read.
During the investigation, the constabulary recovered that the steadfast had been created successful September 2025 without the victim's cognition and was subsequently utilized for transactions exceeding ₹128 crore.
"Wrongful ITC amounting to astir ₹10 crore was fraudulently availed done the fake entity," work the statement.
The probe, involving method surveillance, investigation of GST records, banking transactions, email IDs and different integer evidence, revealed that Dixit and Dilip Kumar, inactive astatine large, were the main conspirators down the racket.
The constabulary said Dixit operated a large-scale fake invoicing syndicate from Daryaganj with his brothers and associates and orchestrated the instauration of astir 250 ammunition companies utilizing forged and fraudulently obtained documents.
Investigators said the accused utilized these firms for bogus billing, fake GST transactions, and fraudulent ITC claims portion concealing the fiscal way done aggregate slope accounts, mobile numbers and intermediaries.
Amar Kumar and Vibhash Kumar Mitra facilitated the enactment of ammunition firms and bogus GST activities, they said.
Nitin Verma allegedly created and operated aggregate fake firms with the assistance of accountants, portion Mohammad Waseem and Abid were progressive successful providing slope accounts and net banking credentials for routing fake transactions and proceeds generated done bogus GST activities.
The constabulary said astir 50 ammunition companies and entities utilized for routing wealth and fake GST entries person truthful acold been identified.
In their searches, constabulary recovered ₹51.12 lakh successful cash, 15 mobile phones, 2 laptops, aggregate SIM cards, fake stamps, forged documents, immense quantities of fake invoices successful carnal and integer form, and 2 cars allegedly utilized by the accused.
The constabulary connection read, "These firms were allegedly utilized to make bogus GST invoices, supply accommodation entries done banking channels, way funds successful lieu of currency transactions and record fake GST returns."
The probe is inactive underway to place different beneficiaries and entities linked to the syndicate, the constabulary said.
