Karnataka: Commercial Taxes Dept busts Rs 410 crore GST fraud network, arrests one
GST
Dated:- 22-4-2026
PTI
Bengaluru, Apr 22 (PTI) The Commercial Taxes Department on Wednesday said it has arrested a man involved in generating and routing fraudulent ITC across multiple states and has unearthed a GST fraud worth Rs 410 crore.
In a statement, the Commercial Taxes Department said its Enforcement Wing (south zone) arrested Mohammed Tauqeer (42) when he attempted to abscond.
“Mohammed Tauqeer has been arrested for his active role in floating bogus firms and facilitating large-scale fake Input Tax Credit transactions. The accused was produced before the Special Court for Economic Offences here, which remanded him to judicial
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scharge tax liabilities through ineligible ITC instead of cash payments, causing a significant loss to the government exchequer.
“The financial magnitude attributable to this network is Rs 410 crore in fraudulent transactions involving wrongful ITC of Rs 102.5 crore,” the department said.
The statement said the modus operandi adopted by the accused reflects a well-structured and evolving pattern, involving frequent creation and cancellation of GST registrations within short durations, continuous changes of mobile numbers and bank accounts, operation through multiple-layered entities, and functioning in isolated silos to evade detection.
The accused are originally from Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh, with Mohammed Tauqeer currently
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