{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-25T07:31:27.126Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"police_ai_attribution","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":1,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":1,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-kanpur-dehat-police-say-fake-secretariat-official-used-ai-made-photos-with-leaders-and-ai-made-appointment-letters-in-job-fraud","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'पांच लोगों से लाखों रुपये ठगे गए। पीड़ितों को समीक्षा अधिकारी और क्लर्क के फर्जी नियुक्ति पत्र दिए गए। रुपये वापस मांगने पर आरोपियों ने जान से मारने की धमकी दी।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'जालसाजी, कूटरचित दस्तावेज इस्तेमाल कर धोखाधड़ी करने, आपराधिक धमकी देने की प्राथमिकी दर्ज कराई थी'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Five people jointly complained to Akbarpur police that a man calling himself a deputy director at the Secretariat took lakhs of rupees from them for government jobs, gave them fake appointment letters for review officer and clerk posts, and threatened to kill them when they asked for their money back.","causal_attribution":"Complainants' account relayed by two outlets; the complaint establishes that the allegation was made."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'अकबरपुर थानाध्यक्ष हरमीत सिंह ने बताया कि' 'कार्यालय में एआई से तैयार की गईं कई तस्वीरें लगी मिलीं। इनमें वह एआई से बनी देश के प्रधानमंत्री, मुख्यमंत्री, जनप्रतिनिधियों के साथ नजर आता है।' 'पुलिस ने एआई से तैयार की फोटो सहित अन्य वस्तुएं भी जब्त की हैं।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the Akbarpur station officer as reported by Amar Ujala, the office in the man's rented house held several AI-made pictures showing him with the Prime Minister, the Chief Minister and other public representatives, and police seized AI-made photos.","causal_attribution":"AI attribution by the investigating police; the technical basis is not disclosed."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'कार्यालय में लगाई एआई से बनी जनप्रतिनिधियों के साथ अपनी तस्वीर व सचिवालय की उच्च स्तरीय बैठकों की तस्वीरें दिखाकर आसानी से लोगों को झांसे में लेकर ठगी का शिकार बना लेता था।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Amar Ujala reports that the man showed the AI-made pictures of himself with public representatives, and pictures of high-level Secretariat meetings, to win people's trust and defraud them.","causal_attribution":"Outlet account following the police questioning; which victims saw the pictures is not stated."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'उसने एआई टूल्स की मदद से अपना एक फर्जी पहचान पत्र तैयार किया था' 'वह एआई से तैयार आदेश व नियुक्ति पत्र प्रिंट करवाकर स्पीड पोस्ट या व्यक्तिगत रूप से अभ्यर्थियों को थमा देता था।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'उसने एआई की मदद से अपना फर्जी आधार कार्ड बनाया था।' 'इसके बाद एआई की फर्जी नियुक्ति पत्र, आदेश, नोटिस आदि तैयार करते थे।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"In police questioning, as relayed by two outlets, the man said he made a fake identity card with AI tools and that appointment letters and orders prepared with AI were printed and handed to candidates in person or sent by speed post.","causal_attribution":"The accused's own account relayed from police questioning; not tested in court."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'पूछताछ में आरोपी ने लोगों को सचिवालय में अलग-अलग पद पर नौकरी दिलाने के नाम पर चार-चार लाख रुपये की ठगी करने की बात कुबूल की है।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"According to Amar Ujala, the man admitted in questioning to taking four lakh rupees each from people for jobs in various posts at the Secretariat.","causal_attribution":"The accused's account relayed by one outlet; amounts are not verified."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'पुलिस टीम ने 23 अक्टूबर की रात करीब 9:30 बजे' 'मुकदमा अपराध संख्या 425/2026' 'पुलिस ने अभियुक्त के पास से 18 अदद जाली नियुक्ति पत्र, 18 अदद जाली आदेश, 12 अदद जाली नोटिस'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'पुलिस ने गिरफ्तार आरोपी को कोर्ट में पेश किया है। वहां से उसे जेल भेजा गया है।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Police arrested the man on the night of 23 October 2026, registered crime no. 425/2026 under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, seized fake appointment letters, orders, notices, stamps and a laptop, and he was produced in court and sent to jail.","causal_attribution":"Police account of the arrest and seizure relayed by two outlets."}],"effects":[{"label":"job seekers paid lakhs of rupees for promised government posts and received fake appointment letters (complaint)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://amanyatralive.com/index.php?p=97091","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read in Hindi by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-25 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Aman Yatra Live report published 24 Oct 2026 20:05 IST, cited through its WordPress short link because the article URL contains the accused's name.","independence_group":"akbarpur-police-account-2026-10-24"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/kanpur/people-were-deceived-by-ai-generated-images-of-politicians-in-office-kanpur-news-c-220-1-akb1002-151076-2026-10-25","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read in Hindi by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-25 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Amar Ujala Kanpur report published 25 Oct 2026 01:03 IST, credited to its local correspondent.","independence_group":"akbarpur-police-account-2026-10-24"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.amarujala.com/video/uttar-pradesh/kanpur/video-mba-educated-conman-arrested-posed-as-deputy-director-at-secretariat-to-swindle-people-with-promises-of-job-2026-10-24","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read in Hindi by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-25 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Amar Ujala video page text published 24 Oct 2026 22:25 IST; the video itself was not viewed.","independence_group":"akbarpur-police-account-2026-10-24"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/kanpur/story-kanpur-dehat-job-fraud-five-people-duped-of-lakhs-with-fake-appointment-letters-201792687673626.amp.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read in Hindi by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-25 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Hindustan Kanpur report published 22 Oct 2026 22:18 IST, before the arrest.","independence_group":"kanpur-dehat-complaint-report-2026-10-22"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","finance"],"unknowns":["Which AI tools were used and how the police established the AI use.","Whether each of the five complainants saw the AI-made pictures or received appointment letters that were made with AI.","How many other people paid and how much in total; the accused's figure of about four lakh rupees per candidate is unverified.","The accused's response in court, the outcome of the case and the role of other alleged members of the group."],"geography":{"basis":"The complaint was filed with, and the arrest made by, Akbarpur police in Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh, where the man ran his office from a rented house, so the event country is India. The complainants' countries are not stated beyond their reported villages, which are not used to infer nationality. He was produced before a court after the arrest.","court_countries":["IN"],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): Akbarpur police are reported as saying that a man who posed as a Secretariat deputy director kept AI-made pictures of himself with national and state leaders, which he showed to win job seekers' trust, and in police questioning he said that appointment letters and orders handed to candidates were prepared with AI; five people complained that they paid lakhs of rupees and received fake letters. The technical basis of the AI attribution is undisclosed. No private person is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-25"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The investigating police in Akbarpur are reported as saying that the office in the arrested man's rented house held several AI-made pictures showing him with the Prime Minister, the Chief Minister and other public representatives, which they seized, and Amar Ujala reports that he showed such pictures to win job seekers' trust. In police questioning, relayed by Amar Ujala and Aman Yatra Live, he said that appointment letters and orders in the Secretariat's name were prepared with AI and handed or posted to candidates, and that he made a fake identity card with AI tools. The generated pictures and documents were the material that presented him as a senior official to people who paid for jobs. The police do not disclose how the AI use was established or which tool was used.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Kanpur Dehat, India: police say a man posing as a Secretariat official used AI-made photos with national leaders and AI-made appointment letters in a job fraud","summary":"Police in Akbarpur, Kanpur Dehat district (Uttar Pradesh), arrested a man on the night of 23 October 2026 who, they say, called himself a deputy director at the state Secretariat in Lucknow and took money from job seekers for government posts. Five people had jointly complained on 22 October that he took lakhs of rupees from them, gave them fake appointment letters for review officer and clerk posts and threatened to kill them when they asked for their money back. According to the station officer as reported by Amar Ujala, his office held several AI-made pictures showing him with the Prime Minister, the Chief Minister and other public representatives, which police seized; Amar Ujala reports that he showed such pictures to win people's trust. In police questioning, as relayed by Amar Ujala and Aman Yatra Live, he said that he made a fake identity card with AI tools and that appointment letters and orders prepared with AI were printed and handed or posted to candidates. The police do not say how the AI use was established or which tool was used. He was produced in court and sent to jail, and police say they are searching for other members of the group.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-22","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI tools that, according to the police account, were used to make pictures showing the accused with national and state leaders, a fake identity card, and appointment letters and orders in the Secretariat's name; no tool is named and no output is reproduced","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and document tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Five job seekers say they paid lakhs of rupees for promised government posts and received fake appointment letters; according to the police account, the man showed AI-made pictures of himself with national and state leaders to win trust and handed out appointment letters and orders prepared with AI.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":5,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Hindustan reports a joint complaint by five people who say they were cheated of lakhs of rupees with fake appointment letters; Amar Ujala's later report recaps the same complaint. The accused's account of taking about four lakh rupees per candidate over two years suggests more people, but no further number is given, so five is a lower bound. Whether each of the five received AI-made material is not stated.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://amanyatralive.com/index.php?p=97091","primarySourceLabel":"Aman Yatra Live, 24 Oct 2026: Akbarpur police arrest man who used AI to make fake appointment letters as a Secretariat deputy director (Hindi)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-25T03:10:09.14546+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T03:10:09.14546+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["job_fraud","fake_appointment_letters","police_ai_attribution","uttar_pradesh","arrest"]}]}