Kathmandu, July 13 -- After filing separate cases against two groups involved in producing and selling fake Value Added Tax bills, the Department of Revenue Investigation says it has identified another group involved in a similar offence.

On June 21, the department filed a case against 15 individuals at the Kathmandu District Court on the charge of evading Rs 2.98 billion in taxes by producing and selling fake VAT bills in one of the largest cases related to revenue fraud.

On March 3, the department had filed a similar case against 24 individuals for evading Rs1.75 billion in taxes through fake VAT bills.

"While exploring the links with the two cases, we identified a third group involved in producing and selling fake VAT bills," Dirgha R...