Ahmedabad Trader Alleges ₹6.8 Crore GST Fraud After Sharing His Login Credentials

Ahmedabad: A pharmaceutical wholesaler from Bopal has alleged that he was locked out of his firm’s GST account after sharing the login credentials with an accountant for filing returns, only to later discover a tax liability of ₹6.8 crore along with interest and penalties due to alleged fraudulent transactions.

According to a complaint lodged with Narol police on Thursday, Ghanshyamsinh Zala, owner of Urmi Corporation, said he had entrusted his GST login details to an accountant from Morbi. He later found that the account credentials had allegedly been changed without his knowledge, and fake transactions worth crores had been recorded on the GST portal.

The complaint states that the GST portal showed purchases worth nearly ₹34.5 crore and sales of around ₹17.6 crore during June and July 2025—transactions that Zala claims his company never carried out.

Zala said he became aware of the issue only after receiving a notice from the GST department on September 9, 2025. The notice alleged non-payment of GST on the reported transactions, warned of possible cancellation of the firm’s GST registration, and summoned him for a personal hearing.

When Zala informed GST officials that the transactions were not genuine, he attempted to access the GST portal but found that he could no longer log in. After obtaining fresh login credentials through the GST department, he allegedly discovered that the registered mobile number and email ID linked to the account had been changed on May 16, 2025, to contact details that neither belonged to him nor had been authorised by him.

In his complaint, Zala alleged that the accountant, along with another unidentified person linked to the changed mobile number and email address, conspired to upload bogus purchase and sale entries to the GST portal. He claimed these fake transactions resulted in a GST liability of around ₹6.8 crore, besides applicable interest and penalties.

Zala said he first approached the authorities regarding the alleged misuse on October 3, 2025, and later made several attempts to contact the accused, but received no response.

The complaint also alleges that the accountant may have shared GST credentials of several businesses with others in exchange for commission. However, police said this allegation has not yet been independently verified. DeshGujarat