The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested three individuals, including a former Income Tax official named Tanaji Mandal Adhikari, in connection with a massive £263 crore Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) refund fraud. Adhikari allegedly colluded with Bhushan Patil and Rajesh Shetty to generate fake refunds using his official access between November 2019 and November 2020. The ED has frozen assets worth £166 crore as part of its ongoing investigation into the matter.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested three persons, including a former Income Tax (I-T) official, in connection with a Rs 263 crore Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) refund fraud. The accused are Tanaji Mandal Adhikari, Bhushan Patil, and Rajesh Shetty.
Adhikari was a senior tax assistant in the I-T department when he allegedly used his access to the login credentials of his supervisory authorities to generate fake TDS refunds. He is said to have colluded with Patil and Shetty to transfe
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested three individuals: Tanaji Mandal Adhikari, a former Income Tax official, along with Bhushan Patil and Rajesh Shetty.
The total amount involved in the fraudulent TDS refunds is £263 crore.
A former IT official allegedly used his login credentials to generate fake TDS refunds and then colluded with two others to transfer the proceeds into various bank accounts, including those of related individuals and shell companies.
The investigation revealed that the fraud was carried out between November 2019 and November 2020.
The ED has provisionally attached assets worth £166 crore in connection with the case.