Bengaluru Woman Loses Rs 3.75 Crore In Deepfake Scam Using Sadhguru’s Video

A major cyber fraud case has surfaced in the city after a woman was allegedly cheated of over Rs 3.75 crore through a deepfake video featuring spiritual leader Sadhguru promoting a fake trading platform. The complainant, Varsha Gupta, a resident of CV Raman Nagar, told police that she stumbled upon the video while browsing YouTube on February 25, 2025. Unaware of deepfake technology, she believed the digitally altered video of Sadhguru to be genuine and clicked on the link provided.

According to the FIR, Gupta was then contacted by a man identifying himself as Waleed B, who claimed to represent a firm called Mirrox, as per a report on Indian Express. Using multiple UK-based numbers, he added her to a WhatsApp group with nearly 100 members, conducted trading tutorials over Zoom, and later introduced another person, Michael C, as a substitute trainer.

The fraudsters allegedly manipulated Gupta by showing fabricated profit screenshots and fake credits in the app, convincing her to make repeated transfers to accounts they provided. Between February and April, she invested Rs 3.75 crore across several transactions, reported NDTV.