AI Font Analysis Exposes ₹68 Lakh Capital Gains Tax Fraud in Hyderabad
AI catches Rs. 68 lakh tax fraud in Hyderabad after spotting a fake bill written in a font that didn’t exist at the time.
In a very unusual case, a taxpayer in Hyderabad was caught cheating on his income tax by using fake bills. What exposed the fraud was not a witness or a missing signature, but a computer font that did not exist at the time the bill was supposedly created. The case involved a man who sold a property for 1.4 crore rupees. When filing his income tax return, he claimed that he had spent...
In a very unusual case, a taxpayer in Hyderabad was caught cheating on his income tax by using fake bills. What exposed the fraud was not a witness or a missing signature, but a computer font that did not exist at the time the bill was supposedly created.
The case involved a man who sold a property for 1.4 crore rupees. When filing his income tax return, he claimed that he had spent over 68 lakh rupees on improving the property. This amount was shown as a deduction under capital gains, which would help him pay less tax.
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According to The Times of India he submitted photocopies of old bills to prove his claims. These bills were supposed to be from the years 2002 to 2008. One of the key bills showed an expense of 7.68 lakh rupees and was dated July 6, 2002.
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The Income Tax Department used artificial intelligence tools to examine the documents more closely. The software found that the bill was written using the Calibri font. This raised a red flag.
Calibri is a font that was created in the year 2004 and became available to the public only in the year 2007, when Microsoft made it the default font in its Office software. Since the bill was dated 2002, it could not have used Calibri. This clearly showed that the bill was created much later and was being passed off as an old document.
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When officials asked the taxpayer to provide the original bills, he said they belonged to his late father and he only had photocopies. After being confronted with the font evidence, the taxpayer admitted the bills were not genuine. He later submitted a revised tax return, removed the false deductions and paid the correct tax amount.
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This case shows how modern technology is helping the government find fake documents and catch tax fraud. A small detail like the choice of font helped uncover a large fraud worth 68 lakh rupees. It is a strong reminder that even the smallest digital clues can reveal the truth.
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