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Ahmedabad Police Arrest Four in AI Deepfake Aadhaar Fraud

The case exposes a weakness in Aadhaar checks that criminals exploited with off-the-shelf AI.

Overview

  • The Cyber Crime Branch arrested Kanubhai Parmar, Ashish Valand, Mohammad Kaif Patel, and Deep Gupta, who are now in judicial custody.
  • Investigators say the group generated deepfake videos with tools like Google Gemini and Meta AI to fool Aadhaar liveness checks.
  • The suspects used a Common Service Centre kit to change the mobile number on victims’ Aadhaar profiles, which diverted OTPs to their phones.
  • The case surfaced when a businessman stopped receiving OTPs, and police found his DigiLocker was accessed and a Rs 25,000 loan was taken through Jio Payments Bank after attempts across multiple banks.
  • Police launched an Aadhaar security drive urging people to lock biometrics in the mAadhaar app or on the UIDAI site, use masked Aadhaar copies, and never share OTPs.