Income Tax Department busts a major racket of bogus billing & hawala transactions

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....ncome Tax Department busts a major racket of bogus billing & hawala transactions <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 13-11-2019<br><BR>Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes New Delhi, 11th November, 2019 PRESS RELEASE Income Tax Department busts a major racket of bogus billing & hawala transactions Income Tax Department carried out sea....

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....rches in the first week of November, 2019 on a group of persons indulging in issuing bogus bills and carrying on hawala transactions. The search operations covered 42 premises across Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Erode, Pune, Agra & Goa. The search operations resulted in busting of a major racket of cash generation by leading corporate houses in the infrastructure sector through bogus contracts/bills....

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..... Funds meant for public infrastructure projects were siphoned off through entry operators, lobbyists and hawala dealers. The companies involved in siphoning of funds are mostly located in NCR and Mumbai. One such company was earlier searched by Income Tax Department in April, 2019. The projects involved in bogus billings are major infrastructure and EWS projects located in Southern India. Eviden....

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....ce of cash payment of more than &#8377; 150 crore to a prominent person in Andhra Pradesh has also been unearthed during the search. The search action was successful in unearthing incriminating evidences and establishing the nexus between big corporates, hawala operators and identification of entire chain of delivery, as well as siphoning of funds by way of bogus contracts to the tune of &#8377; ....

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....3300 crore. Unexplained cash of &#8377; 4.19 crore and jewellery in excess of &#8377; 3.2 crore was also seized during the search operation. (Surabhi Ahluwalia) Commissioner of Income Tax (Media & Technical Policy) Official Spokesperson, CBDT.<BR> News - Press release - PIB....