ED arrests businessman in Rs 263 crore fake tax refund scam case

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested one person in a money laundering case connected to a Rs 263 crore Income Tax Refund fraud case...

According to a statement by the federal agency, the accused, identified as one Rajesh Batreja, was instrumental in diverting Rs 55.5 crore proceeds of crime (PoC) outside the country and round-tripping a part of it to two entities in India under the guise of investment from Dubai...

Earlier, the agency had arrested former income tax inspector Tanaji Mandal Adhikari and businessmen Bhushan Patil and Rajesh Shetty, who are presently in judicial custody...

The ED initiated the investigation based on an FIR registered by the CBI under multiple sections of the IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA) against Tanaji Mandal Adhikari and others for fraudulently generating and issuance of tax deducted at source (TDS) claims from the Income Tax Department to the tune of Rs..

Batreja also assisted Tanaji in concealing the proceeds of crime and later in the placement and layering of said siphoned-off POC by incorporating firms with the help of a local person in Dubai to project the same as untainted, the agency said in its statement...

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