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UP STF arrested five accused in an interstate GST fraud involving fake firms, bogus invoices, and e-way bills. The gang facilitated illegal input tax credit, causing crores in revenue loss through organized digital and banking fraud operations.
GST Fake Invoice Racket Busted, Five Arrested
Lucknow: In a major crackdown on tax evasion, the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has successfully busted an interstate gang involved in a large-scale GST fake invoice and e-way bill racket.
The operation led to the arrest of five accused who were allegedly running an organized network of bogus firms to illegally pass input tax credit (ITC) and cause crores of rupees in revenue loss to the government.
According to official information, the arrests were made on December 13, 2025, following sustained surveillance and intelligence gathering by the STF Field Unit, Noida.
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Four accused were apprehended during questioning at the STF office, while the fifth was arrested separately from Vaishali district in Bihar. The accused belong to different districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, indicating the wide geographical spread of the racket.
During the operation, the STF recovered laptops, multiple mobile phones, and cash, which were allegedly used to create and manage fake firms, generate forged invoices, and upload fraudulent e-way bills on the GST portal.
Investigations revealed that the gang registered shell companies using fake or manipulated documents and then issued bogus sales invoices without any actual supply of goods or services.
These invoices were sold to genuine firms, enabling them to wrongfully claim input tax credit and show fake transactions in their accounts.
The STF probe further revealed that the accused used multiple email IDs, bank accounts, and OTP-based logins to manage GST filings, e-way bills, and banking transactions.
Funds generated through these fake transactions were rotated through various accounts to give them the appearance of legitimate business activity, thereby concealing the illegal nature of the operations.
Preliminary analysis of bank transactions and digital data suggests that the revenue loss to the government runs into several crores of rupees.
Several FIRs related to GST fraud have already been registered in different districts, and the STF is providing technical and investigative support to local police and GST authorities.
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The arrested accused have been sent to judicial custody, and further investigation is underway to identify other members of the network, beneficiary firms, and the total quantum of tax evasion.
