Police in Madhya Pradesh uncover a growing network of fraudsters using AI-generated documents and fake identities to deceive young jobseekers, signalling a new threat in document-based scams.
Police in Madhya Pradesh say a widening network of impostors has been targeting young jobseekers by posing as senior government officers and using computer-generated documents to make the fraud appear official.
Recent arrests have put the spotlight on Tripti Singh Rajput, who was taken into custody on 23 August in Chanderi after police alleged she had passed herself off as an IAS officer and as a senior figure in the state tourism department. Investigators said she and her brother were accused of taking Rs 9.80 lakh from four youths who believed the money would secure them government posts.
The pattern did not stop there. On 31 August, police in Bhopal arrested Rishi Kumar Yadav, who allegedly represented himself as a CBI and Income Tax intelligence officer and collected money from unemployed youths. Officers said fake identity cards and forged appointment papers were used to build trust, with basic mistakes in one of the documents helping expose the scam.
Investigators have also linked Tripti Singh to a separate hotel lease fraud. According to Bagsewania police, she, her brother Sudhanshu Singh and associate Prakhar are accused of taking Rs 50 lakh from a restaurant operator by promising to arrange a lease for an MPSTDC hotel. The latest case adds to earlier complaints at the same police station, including allegations that the group took Rs 35.30 lakh for a lease and Rs 3.87 lakh for jobs, returning only Rs 90,000.
Police sources say searches of Tripti Singh’s home in Bhopal turned up fake CBI identity cards, letterheads and other papers, with investigators claiming AI tools were used to produce the material. That detail has raised concern that modern software is making impersonation scams harder to spot, especially when the target is a desperate applicant trying to break into public service.
The broader picture is troubling. Separate cases in Madhya Pradesh over recent months have involved alleged impersonation of IAS officers, bogus compassionate appointments and fake recruitment records, suggesting a persistent market for document-based fraud. In a state where government jobs carry high status and fierce competition, police say scammers are exploiting both aspiration and insecurity.
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