Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad Police Nab Man For Complex Loan And GST Fraud Scheme

Reported By Varad Bhatkhande
Pimpri Chinchwad, 24th January 2025: The Pimpri Chinchwad Police have arrested a man in Uttar Pradesh for orchestrating a complex fraud scheme. The accused, Mohammad Ahmed, also known as Adil Rehamani, duped an individual by promising to secure a loan for him. Rehamani obtained personal documents from the victim under this pretext and then used them to acquire a Shops and Establishments Act License.

Using this fraudulent license, Rehamani conducted transactions worth crores with trading companies and evaded over Rs 1 crore in GST payments. This scheme not only defrauded the individual but also the government. The case was registered on 4th October 2024, at the MIDC Bhosari Police Station, with charges including forgery, criminal breach of trust, cheating, and forging genuine documents.

The investigation revealed that Rehamani had created a company named DB Enterprises using the victim’s documents without authorization. He generated fake bills from 3rd April 2023 to 29th October 2023, distributing them to Kashyap Trading Company and others. Transactions worth Rs 5.76 crore were registered on the GST portal, but Rehamani failed to pay Rs 1.03 crore in GST.

The Anti-Narcotics Cell of the Crime Branch, Pimpri Chinchwad Police Commissionerate (PCPC), led the investigation. Upon discovering that Rehamani had fled to his native place in Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh, a team of Police Sub-Inspector Namdev Angaj, Police Constables Ravindra Jadhav, Javed Bagsiraj, and Kapilesh Igwe, travelled there to apprehend him. The team was led by Senior Police Inspector Santosh Patil, in charge of the Anti-Narcotics Cell, and Senior Police Inspector Ganesh Jamdar, in charge of MIDC Bhosari Police Station. The MIDC Bhosari Police Station will now conduct further investigation into this case.