GST fraud: Sambalpur Police arrests four including two Urban Coop bank employees

Sambalpur: The Cyber Crime and Economic Offences Police arrested four persons including two employees of the Urban Co-Operative Bank today for allegedly committing GST fraud in Sambalpur.

As per a statement issued by the Sambalpur Police, the incriminating documents related to fraud have been seized. Also, the vehicle used for committing the offence along with mobile phone of the accused was seized.

The accused are Amit Beriwal of H.15 Civil Town Ship, Raghunathpali police station; Akshay Kumar Nayak of FL/34 Basanti Colony, Rourkela and was working as Assistant Manager of Urban Co-Operative Bank Rourkela Main Branch; Prasanta Kumar Jena of L/106 phase -2, Basanti Colony and was working as Senior Clerk of Urban Co-Operative Bank Rourkela Main Branch, and Subash Chandra Swain from Basanti Colony Rourkela.

The accused persons will be forwarded to judicial custody for offence committed U/s 419/420/467/120(B) IPC r/w Sec 66(C)/66(D) of ITA Act 2008, the statement read.

On April 1, 2022, Achuta Nanda Badhai of Kultanuapali under Sambalpur Sadar police limits lodged a written complaint alleging that an identity theft and cheating were committed by using his PAN Card. He has been victimized of misuse of his PAN card by unknown cyber criminal who had opened a bank account at the Urban Co-Operative Bank, Nagpur and transferred to the Urban Co-Operative Bank Ltd. Rourkela by using his PAN Card Number fraudulently. The account holder is M/S Star Enterprises.

The complainant further stated the fraud was intimated to him from the Income Tax Department, Sambalpur. The accused carried out financial transactions of Rs 13,76,02,734 during financial year 2017-2018 but no income tax return was filed by the cyber criminals.

The Cyber Crime and Economic Offences police station in Sambalpur registered Case No.17, dt.01.04.2022 U/s 419/420/467 IPC r/w Sec 66(C)/66(D) of ITA Act 2008 and took up investigation of the case.

“The investigation of this case led the Sambalpur Police to the case of CT and GST enforcement unit Rourkela Case No. 02 of 2021/2022 and 2(C)CC Case No.32 of 2022. This fraud was made for evasion of GST by a group of at least 10 to 12 people who have opened account using various forged documents in order to make GST evasion,” the statement added.

The investigation is under way to nab other accused persons in this case.

Article Seized:- One Toyota Innova Crysta Car, One apple iphone and other bank documents.