357 gaming websites blocked, 2,400 accounts attached by GST intel | India News

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 General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (DGGI), which has 700 offshore entities in e-gaming phase underneath its scanner as they’re evading GST by failing to register and concealing taxable pay-in.
DGGI officers additionally performed one other operation in opposition to a couple of Indian nationals, who had been working on-line cash gaming platforms from outdoors India. The probe revealed that these people had been facilitating on-line cash gaming to Indian prospects by numerous such on-line platforms together with Satguru Online Money Gaming Platform, Mahakaal Online Money Gaming Platform and Abhi247 Online Money 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 underneath 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 interact with such platforms as it could jeopardise their private funds and not directly assist actions that undermine monetary integrity and nationwide safety.