Promised a Govt Job, Landed in a Rs128 Crore GST Fraud
A promise of a government job, a few photocopies of personal documents and a biometric verification were all it took for a Delhi man to unknowingly become the owner of a company with a reported turnover of Rs.128 crore.
His experience has now exposed a Rs.130 crore GST fraud racket that allegedly used job seekers' identities to create hundreds of fake firms, generate bogus invoices, and claim fraudulent tax benefits.
Police say the network, operating out of Delhi's Daryaganj area, created nearly 250 shell companies using stolen or misused identity documents.
The alleged fraud came to light after GST officials visited the home of 25-year-old Ankush in Northeast Delhi and informed his family that a company registered in his name had generated transactions worth Rs.128 crore without paying taxes.
The case has since led to multiple arrests by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police and exposed a scheme that investigators say relied on fake companies, forged documents, purchased bank accounts, and unsuspecting victims looking for employment.
As per the report, on January 23, around 4 pm, GST officials arrived at Ankush's home in Gokulpuri.
Ankush, a contract-based studio administrator with Physics Wallah, was at work when the officers spoke to his father, Premchand.
According to GST records, Ankush was the proprietor of a firm called R K Enterprises.
“The officers told my father that I have a ‘firm’ called R K Enterprises. They told him that I made a ‘turnover’ of Rs.128 crore in just a couple of months, but no GST has been paid by me,” said Ankush.
The allegation left the family shocked. Ankush says he has never owned a business. His father works with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, and the family's only property is their modest home in Gokulpuri.
“They showed us a NOC signed by my father, which authorised our house to be used as an office. But it was signed in English. He doesn’t know English,” said Ankush over a call with The Indian Express.
Realising something was wrong, the family approached the police.
The job Promise that opened the door
During the investigation, police asked Ankush whether he had ever shared his personal documents with anyone.
He recalled that in September 2025, he had handed over copies of his Aadhaar card, PAN card and other documents to his childhood friend Puneet, who had promised to help him secure a job in the GST department.
Trusting his friend, he shared the documents.
According to investigators, those same documents were later used to register R K Enterprises without his knowledge or consent.
How the alleged GST scam worked
At the centre of the racket, police say, was Raj Kumar Dixit, a 39-year-old broker based in Daryaganj.
“Raj had set up an office in Daryaganj, where he used to meet clients, both buyers and sellers. As a lot of business in real estate happens off the books, using cash, he got the idea to execute a GST fraud,” said a police officer.
