Hyderabad, July 17 -- A major GST fraud has come to light in Hyderabad, where M/s Bala Corporation, operating under the name of proprietor Sri Nasari Vinod Kumar, was found to have fraudulently obtained GST registration by submitting fake electricity bills for a non-existent address in Khairatabad - Somajiguda-1 Circle of Panjagutta Division.

Though the firm was registered for trading in toys and video games, it generated 1,268 e-way bills during March and April 2025 for unrelated goods such as cement, copper pipes, and plywood. Investigations revealed that the company falsely claimed Rs 6.25 crore in Integrated GST (IGST) input tax credit (ITC) and passed the same amount in Central and State GST (CGST & SGST) ITC to 32 other taxpayers wit...