Description: Starmangalsutra Private Limited, a jewelery-manufacturing subsidiary of India-based Sky Gold and Diamonds, reportedly lost ₹10.70 crore (about US$1.1 million) after unknown actors compromised a company-issued phone and laptop and used purported deepfake methods to impersonate a director. An employee, reportedly believing the instructions were genuine, transferred funds to unknown bank accounts before verification showed the director had issued no such instructions.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Synthetic video generation technology developers , Synthetic media generation technology developers , Synthetic audio generation technology developers and Deepfake technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Synthetic media creators , Scammers in India , Scammers and Deepfake creators, which harmed Victims of deepfake-enabled fraud , Unnamed employee of Starmangalsutra , Unnamed director of Starmangalsutra , Targets of scams , Targets of scammers in India , Starmangalsutra , Sky Gold and Diamonds , Epistemic integrity and Privacy.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Synthetic video generation technology , Synthetic media generation technology , Synthetic audio generation technology and Deepfake technology
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1596
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2026-07-15
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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Synopsis
Sky Gold shares fell after its subsidiary lost Rs 10.70 crore due to fraud. Unknown persons used deepfake techniques to impersonate a director and transfer funds. The subsidiary reported the incident to cybercrime authorities and i…
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