GST officers arrest individual for issuing fake invoices worth Rs 4,521 cr

GST officers have arrested one person for operating a syndicate and issuing fake invoices of Rs 4,521 crore for availing input  tax  credit (ITC) benefit under goods and services tax, an official statement said on Friday. It said scrutiny of tally data has shown that there are 636 firms being operated by this syndicate and the mastermind of the syndicate has accepted that they have issue…