357 gaming websites blocked, 2,400 accounts attached by GST intel | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Intelligence officers of GST have blocked 357 websites of unlawful offshore on-line gaming entities and attached 2,400 financial institution accounts within the newest crackdown on the phase, the finance ministry mentioned on Saturday.
The motion was carried out by Directorate Basic of Items and Companies Tax Intelligence (DGGI), which has 700 offshore entities in e-gaming phase beneath its scanner as they’re evading GST by failing to register and concealing taxable pay-in.
DGGI officers additionally carried out one other operation in opposition to a number of Indian nationals, who had been operating on-line cash gaming platforms from exterior India. The probe revealed that these people had been facilitating on-line cash gaming to Indian prospects by means of numerous such on-line platforms together with Satguru On-line Cash Gaming Platform, Mahakaal On-line Cash Gaming Platform and Abhi247 On-line Cash Gaming Platform and are utilizing mule financial institution accounts to gather cash from prospects.
DGGI has to this point blocked 166 mule accounts linked with these platforms. Three individuals have been arrested and investigation in opposition to extra such people is beneath progress, the finance ministry assertion mentioned.
The ministry mentioned that a number of Bollywood celebrities and cricketers together with YouTube, WhatsApp, and Instagram influencers, are endorsing these platforms, and cautioned the general public to not have interaction with such platforms as it might jeopardise their private funds and not directly help actions that undermine monetary integrity and nationwide safety.