Case ahmedabad-aadhaar-deepfake-racketDeepfake fraudIndia
Ahmedabad police bust racket using deepfake videos to beat Aadhaar face checks for loans
Ahmedabad cyber police arrested four men who used AI-animated videos made from a businessman's photo to pass Aadhaar face authentication, swap his registered mobile number, access DigiLocker and apply for loans.
HighAttack using AIStatus: Under investigationVerified case file
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- Reported
- Apr 28, 2026
- Location
- India
- Target
- Aadhaar holders, DigiLocker and digital lenders
- Severity
- High
- Triggered by
- Kanubhai Parmar, Ashish Waland, Mohammad Kaif Patel and Deep Gupta
- Actor type
- Criminal
- Reported loss
- None reported
- CVE
- None
What happened
Ahmedabad cyber police arrested four men who used AI-animated videos made from a businessman's photo to pass Aadhaar face authentication, swap his registered mobile number, access DigiLocker and apply for loans.
Impact: Victim's Aadhaar profile hijacked and used for KYC, DigiLocker access and loan applications on RKBansal, True Credits and EarlySalary; loss amounts not published
Who triggered it
Actor: Kanubhai Parmar, Ashish Waland, Mohammad Kaif Patel and Deep Gupta
Attribution: Ahmedabad Cyber Crime police; two accused are Common Service Centre operators who supplied Aadhaar update kits
Motive: Identity takeover to obtain loans and bank accounts
How it happened
Attack vector: Deepfake video simulating blinking and movement to pass Aadhaar face authentication, combined with misuse of CSC update kits to swap the registered mobile number
Root cause: Facial liveness checks defeated by generative video; insider access to Aadhaar update infrastructure through CSC operators
Timeline
- Complainant Amit Patel finds his Aadhaar-linked mobile and email changed
- Four arrested and sent to judicial custody; update kit recovered
Response
Arrests under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and IT Act; probe into further victims and CSC misuse
Current status: Under investigation
Sources (open in a new tab)
- Gujarat Samachar english.gujaratsamachar.com
- AI Incident Database incidentdatabase.ai
Cite this case
Ahmedabad police bust racket using deepfake videos to beat Aadhaar face checks for loans. AI Threat Watch, case ahmedabad-aadhaar-deepfake-racket, Apr 28, 2026. https://aithreat.io/cases/ahmedabad-aadhaar-deepfake-racket/
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