Arrests Group for Forging Documents and Defrauding Government, ETCFO
Crime Branch of Delhi Police has registered a case against a group allegedly involved in forging official documents and defrauding the govt through fake Goods and Services Tax (GST) invoicing.
Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) conducted a preliminary probe into a syndicate suspected of orchestrating a sophisticated scheme to defraud the govt exchequer. The accused allegedly submitted forged documents and manipulated court procedures to reinstate GST registrations that had previously been cancelled.
Officials said four separate writ petitions were filed by individuals representing entities whose GST registrations were revoked. These petitions relied on forged show cause notices (SCNs) dated between Sept 2024 and Feb 2025. The falsified documents were used to claim that cancellations lacked legal basis.
Based on these, the courts granted favourable orders. However, a review by the Central GST, Delhi, East Commissionerate, flagged discrepancies, revealing at least four such orders were obtained using forged official documents. The forged notices appeared to be edited versions of digitally signed documents, with reasons for cancellation deliberately omitted.
Subsequently, the court directed the DGGI to complete a detailed investigation within one week and submit a formal complaint to the Crime Branch.
Following a thorough inquiry at DGGI headquarters, a complaint was lodged, leading to FIR registration under Sections 318(4) (cheating), 336(3) (forgery), 338 (forgery of valuable security), 340(2) (using forged document as genuine), and 61 (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
