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Purported AI-Generated Deepfake of Spiritual Leader Sadhguru Used in Investment Scam Allegedly Defrauding Bengaluru Woman of ₹3.75 Crore (~$425,000)
- Occurred
- Feb 25, 2025
- Published
- Sep 15, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A 57-year-old woman in Bengaluru was allegedly defrauded of ₹3.75 crore (~$425,000 USD) after scammers used a purportedly AI-generated deepfake video of spiritual leader Sadhguru to promote a fake investment platform called Mirrox. The victim was reportedly recruited via Instagram and WhatsApp and was persuaded through trading tutorials on Zoom and fabricated profit screenshots. She reportedly realized the fraud only when withdrawals were blocked and additional fees were demanded.
Developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic media generation technology developers
Deployers
- Waleed B (scammer impersonating Sadhguru)
- Scammers impersonating Sadhguru
- Mirrox
- Michael C (scammer impersonating Sadhguru)
- Impersonation scammers
- Synthetic media creators
- Deepfake creators
Harmed parties
- Unnamed 57-year-old woman in Bengaluru targeted by scammers impersonating Sadhguru
- Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
- General public of India
- General public of Bengaluru
- General public
- Epistemic integrity
- Victims of impersonation scams
- Victims of investment scams
- Women and girls
- Women
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated deepfake video used in investment fraud causing significant financial loss.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8