The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) has busted a gang of ‘fake GST bill operators' who used to run a syndicate to help companies, especially in the metal and scrap industry, to avail of input tax credit (ITC). DGGI’s probe has revealed that around 160 companies were floated, using documents that were fraudulently procured from people by promising to help them get government’s Covid relief or employment.