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Two members of an inter-State GST fraud web that allegedly created 10 fake GST-registered firms to fraudulently assertion and walk connected Input Tax Credit (ITC) worthy ₹11.79 crore, were arrested by the Cyberabad constabulary connected Thursday (November 12, 2025). The racket, which operated crossed 8 States, utilized forged documents and fake identities to fabricate invoices and make a turnover of ₹53.73 crore, resulting successful important losses to the exchequer.
The arrested persons were identified arsenic Sohil Muradali Lakhani alias Sonu, 34, a Gujarat-based organiser and fiscal handler, and Mohd Akram Hasnuddin, 43, a Hyderabad nonmigratory who acted arsenic a middleman and papers courier. Three, including the mastermind Abdullah of Delhi, on with Syed Mujtaba Hussaini alias Azam and Ayiti Raja Shekar, presently stay astatine large.
According to officials, the accused forged Aadhaar and PAN cards, energy bills, rental agreements, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) licences, and Labour Department certificates to registry fictitious firms connected the GST portal. Using SIM cards obtained successful mendacious names, they completed OTP verifications and secured GST numbers for entities that ne'er existed. Bogus acquisition and income invoices were past generated to amusement non-existent concern transactions and assertion ITC without immoderate existent question of goods.
Investigators said the web besides created fake e-waybills utilizing existent conveyance registration numbers with tampered chassis details to lend authenticity to the fabricated transactions. The fraudulent enactment spanned Telangana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, and Gujarat.
Police said the accused had created a full of 52 ammunition firms, of which 10 were utilized to fraudulently registry GST accounts and make 405 fake e-waybills. Further probe is underway.
