Income Tax Practitioners Sentenced to 3 Years in Jail for TDS Refund Fraud



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Two income tax practitioners, Suresh Prajapati and Shobhna Prajapati, have been sentenced to three years in jail by a CBI court in Ahmedabad. They were found guilty of fraudulently obtaining TDS refunds totalling approximately £3.61 lakh by using false or forged certificates. The court also imposed a fine of £60,000 on each of them. This conviction highlights the ongoing efforts to combat financial fraud within the tax system.

A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ahmedabad on Friday convicted two income tax practitioners, Suresh Prajapati and Shobhna Prajapati, for fraudulently obtaining TDS refunds using false or forged certificates. The court sentenced both to three years in jail and imposed a fine of ₹60,000, according to an official statement from the CBI. The Case Timeline The case was registered by the CBI in December 2007 following allegations of fraudulent income tax refunds being issu
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FAQ :

Income tax practitioners Suresh Prajapati and Shobhna Prajapati were sentenced.

Both practitioners were sentenced to three years in jail and fined £60,000 each.

They filed income tax returns with fake TDS certificates to fraudulently obtain refunds.

Approximately £3.61 lakh was misappropriated through the fraudulent refunds.

The CBI registered the case in December 2007.

The fraudulent refunds were processed from Ward 12(3) of the Income Tax office in Ahmedabad.




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