LUDHIANA: An afternoon after the income tax department busted the fraudulent IT refund scam, 2 individuals, tax practitioner Ashish Aggarwal, the kingpin of the scam and his partner Kulwant Singh, a personal data entry operator on the IT department, were arrested on the complaint of IT department officials.
The department has learnt that during most of the over 300 refund cases involving fraudulent refund of Rs 2 crore, the assesses were neatly acutely aware of the refund being carried out in their names. Sources mentioned the accused paid them commission to allow them to observe for refunds in their names.
Highly positioned resources in the department mentioned a probe has been introduced to determine the names and addresses of all those that fleeced the department and they too might be booked underneath identical fees. Sources mentioned 150 PAN holders will have given their consent to the accused for the scam.
Sources mentioned the data entry operator, a contractual employee, worked in range-7 of the department for the previous a while and he facilitated fraudulent refunds carried out through Aggarwal through first moving the account of the assesse in his ward and rectifying his old Income Tax Return (ITR) and then applying for IT refund of smaller quantities (beneath Rs 1 lakh). This was once to verify no prior approval was once wanted from senior IT officials.
Meanwhile, the survey carried out on the premises owned through Ashish Aggarwal persisted till Thursday afternoon. Senior IT officials, underneath directions from leader commissioner of income tax Binay Ok Jha, questioned Ashish Aggarwal and Kulwant Singh, besides gathering incriminating evidence from the premises. Both the accused were arrested after this.
As in line with the IT department investigation, the accused used to operate in one ward of the income tax department. After taking personal main points of the assesse, including PAN card quantity and checking account main points, they used to change the cope with of the assesse. In nearly all cases, they gave Ashish Aggarwal's cope with. Once the refund order arrived at his cope with, he would contact the assesse and surrender the pay order after charging his minimize.
However, resources also mentioned there are a few cases through which the assesses weren't acutely aware of the wrongdoings going down in their identify. Details of the quantity and identification of such folks are not clear but. It is also to be noticed how the accused were given the pay order refunded in such cases.
The department has learnt that during most of the over 300 refund cases involving fraudulent refund of Rs 2 crore, the assesses were neatly acutely aware of the refund being carried out in their names. Sources mentioned the accused paid them commission to allow them to observe for refunds in their names.
Highly positioned resources in the department mentioned a probe has been introduced to determine the names and addresses of all those that fleeced the department and they too might be booked underneath identical fees. Sources mentioned 150 PAN holders will have given their consent to the accused for the scam.
Sources mentioned the data entry operator, a contractual employee, worked in range-7 of the department for the previous a while and he facilitated fraudulent refunds carried out through Aggarwal through first moving the account of the assesse in his ward and rectifying his old Income Tax Return (ITR) and then applying for IT refund of smaller quantities (beneath Rs 1 lakh). This was once to verify no prior approval was once wanted from senior IT officials.
Meanwhile, the survey carried out on the premises owned through Ashish Aggarwal persisted till Thursday afternoon. Senior IT officials, underneath directions from leader commissioner of income tax Binay Ok Jha, questioned Ashish Aggarwal and Kulwant Singh, besides gathering incriminating evidence from the premises. Both the accused were arrested after this.
As in line with the IT department investigation, the accused used to operate in one ward of the income tax department. After taking personal main points of the assesse, including PAN card quantity and checking account main points, they used to change the cope with of the assesse. In nearly all cases, they gave Ashish Aggarwal's cope with. Once the refund order arrived at his cope with, he would contact the assesse and surrender the pay order after charging his minimize.
However, resources also mentioned there are a few cases through which the assesses weren't acutely aware of the wrongdoings going down in their identify. Details of the quantity and identification of such folks are not clear but. It is also to be noticed how the accused were given the pay order refunded in such cases.
2 held as 150 fleece I-T dept of 2 crore, more arrests likely
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