Archive · 24 Dec 2025
DGGI Vizag uncovers fake ITC network
The DGGI in Visakhapatnam found a group of people who were cheating the tax system.
They were making fake invoices and creating fake companies to claim tax credits they didn't deserve.
The leader of this group, Mallikarjuna Manoj Kumar, was caught.
He admitted that they were only doing this to cheat on taxes and not for any real business.
The total amount of tax they tried to cheat was Rs 27.07 crore.
This is the fourth time this year that the DGGI in Visakhapatnam has caught someone doing this kind of fraud.
DGGI Visakhapatnam uncovered a network involved in fraudulent ITC and passing on of Input Tax Credit (ITC) without actual supply of goods or services.
Total fraudulent ITC availed quantified at Rs 27.07 crore and ITC passed on at Rs 15.30 crore.
Mallikarjuna Manoj Kumar identified as the controller/operator of the network, admitting to directing fraudulent transactions.
Financial analysis revealed structured diversion and layering of funds linked to the network.
This is the fourth arrest made by DGGI Visakhapatnam zonal unit during the current financial year.
- Who
- Officers of the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI), Visakhapatnam zonal unit
- What
- Unearthed a network involved in fraudulent ITC and passing on of Input Tax Credit (ITC) without actual supply of goods or services
- When
- During the current financial year (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- Visakhapatnam, India
- Why
- To commit GST evasion and fraudulently pass on ITC
- Total fraudulent ITC availed
- Rs 27.07 crore
- Total ITC passed on
- Rs 15.30 crore
- Controller/operator identified
- Mallikarjuna Manoj Kumar
- Number of arrests this year
- 4
- GST evasion method
- Fake invoices and dummy entities