New Delhi, June 23: The CBI searched seven locations in Bihar and Jharkhand in connection with a `100-crore scam, allegedly executed by claiming GST through bogus export bills & five customs officers, including the additional commissioner GST, Patna, have been named in the fraud.
The CBI conducted searches at two locations in Patna, two in Purnea, and one each in Jamshedpur, Nalanda, and Munger, finding seven bars of gold, each weighing 100 grams.
According to the CBI FIR, around 30 exporters have been named in it, having been accused of showing fake export of tiles and automobile spare parts from the three LCS to get tax refund from the GST office.
The agency has alleged that fake export bills were created for amounts less than10 lakh, which is the highest amount that a customs superintendent is allowed to clear.
The CBI FIR alleged that, in all, fake exports to the tune of `800 crore were shown by these superintendents with goods carrying GST duties of 28% and 18%, two of the higher GST slabs, which enabled them to claim refunds of around100 crore.
The investigation also showed that the firms were not functioning from their registered address.
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