List of Aadhaar-enabled frauds

Introduction

Aadhaar has been claimed to be the most reliable ID in the country with an argument that unlike other IDs it cannot be faked easily. Although the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) may have explained the convenience due to Aadhaar, the fundamental question still remains whether Aadhaar is as reliable and infallible as it is claimed to be.

The following article is a visualization of the cases of fraud based on aadhaar. You can sort the date and get a timeline of all fraudulent crimes in which aadhaar is a tool. Supreme Court of India did not make aadhaar mandatory for any of the subsidies or daily provisions. It is no exaggeration that citizens of India face a lot of inconvenience because aadhaar is mandatory and the verification tools are poor and the provisions were denied. There are numerous cases since 2012 where citizens were denied basic provisions, and this is sometimes fatal. Aadhaar poses serious threat to human rights.One is Right to life because necessary provisions and supplies are being denied for a citizen on basis of aadhaar or failure in authentication of aadhaar. Second is Right to privacy because the bio-metric and personal data of millions of Indians are compromised. Following are the details of it discussed briefly.

Frauds List

Date	Incident	Location	Type	How	Aadhaar in Database	Other documents
4/22/2018	Army Recruitment Shocker: Six UP youths held with fake Aadhaar cards in Army recruit rally.	Thiruvananthapuram	Army recruitment	NA	NA	N
4/17/2018	Challan in cheating, forgery case points to Aadhaar data breach.	Chandigarh	Loans	Forged	N	Y
4/14/2018	Aadhaar card scam busted, three arrested.	Ahmedabad	Aadhaar racket	Linkng of biometric with another persons documents	Y	N
3/31/2018	40 bank accounts opened using forged documents in Mumbai, used for export-import business.	Mumbai	Bank account	NA	Y	Y
3/29/2018	Fake Aadhaar card in name of Bollywood actor used to book hotel room.	Mumbai	Book hotel room	Forged	N	N
3/29/2018	A fraud of another kind! Man opens fake bank branch in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia, arrested.	Ballia	Opening bank branch	Obtained fake Aadhaar in alternate name.	Y	Y
3/28/2018	Rohingya migrant, Andhra man get jail term for cheating	Hyderabad	Illegal migrants	Fake documents	Y	N
3/27/2018	Terror threat? Fake Aadhaar cards available for a mere Rs 200	Mumbai	Train travel	Forged	N	N
3/27/2018	Nepalese passengers forge Aadhaar, boarding passes to fly to Leh	Delhi	Air travel	Forged	N	N
3/26/2018	3 booked for making Aadhaar cards on forged documents	Moga	Aadhaar racket	Fake documents	Y	N
3/19/2018	ATS detains man for making fake IDs for Bangladeshi trio	Pune	Illegal migrants	NA	Y	Y
3/18/2018	Bangladeshi national issued passport on fake documents, booked	Bareilly	Passport	NA	Y	Y
3/17/2018	Man booked for forging Aadhaar, PAN to finance 30 two-wheelers in Doon	Dehradun	Loans	Fake documents	Y	Y
3/16/2018	Rajasthan police bust racket using ‘fake Aadhaar’, computer hacking to help…	Rajasthan	NA	NA	NA	NA
3/8/2018	Four Rohingyas held by Balapur police for fake Aadhaar card	Hyderabad	Illegal migrants	Local brokers	N	Y
3/1/2018	B'deshi terrorists procuring forged Aadhaar, Pan cards: NIA lodges case	Kolkata	Illegal migrants	NA	Y	Y
2/23/2018	Junnar man clones Aadhaar cards to usurp land of two sisters, held	Pune	Land	Cloned photographs	Y	N
2/19/2018	3 held for Aadhaar fraud	Guwhati	Aadhaar racket	Didn't have permission to enrol	Y	N
2/15/2018	Bengaluru medical seat fraud: Fake Aadhaar cards used to open bank accounts	Bengaluru	Bank account	NA	NA	NA
2/15/2018	Man arrested for making fake PAN and Aadhar card	Agra	Bank account	NA	NA	NA
2/14/2018	Accused made hundreds of fake Aadhaar, PAN cards	Mumbai	Sim cards	Forged	N	Y
2/11/2018	Shop making fake Aadhar cards & driving licences raided, 2 held	Mumbai	Aadhaar racket	NA	NA	NA
1/28/2018	Madhya Pradesh: 'Aadhaar card forged for 2-wheeler loan'	Bhopal	Loans	Forged	N	N
1/22/2018	Seven held for getting mobiles financed on fake Aadhaar cards	Chandigarh	Business finance	Cloned photographs	Y	Y
1/20/2018	Four arrested for cheating, opening fake bank accounts	Delhi	Bank account	Forged	NA	NA
1/18/2018	Fake Aadhaar ID Used to Sell Two Plots in Mumbai, One Arrest	Mumbai	Land	NA	NA	NA
1/18/2018	Two Uzbek women held, one with fake Aadhaar card	Gurugram	Sex racket	NA	Y	N
1/9/2018	CISF apprehends two passengers with fake Aadhaar cards in Delhi airport, raises security concerns	Delhi	Air travel	Forged	N	N
1/6/2018	Duo try to use fake Aadhaar cards to enter jail, caught	Pune	Entering Jail	Forged	NA	NA
1/5/2018	Andhra man tries to forge his Aadhaar to sell kidney, Guntur cops bust racket	Guntur	Sell kidney	NA	NA	NA
1/4/2018	Pak National with Aadhaar Card Arrested from Jaisalmer Air Base	Jaisalmer	Accessing Air Base	NA	Y	NA
12/24/2017	Fake PAN, Aadhaar card racket busted in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli: Police	Shamli	Aadhaar racket	NA	NA	Y
12/20/2017	Assam: Five held for making fake Aadhaar cards in Guwahati!	Guwhati	Aadhaar racket	NA	Y	Y
12/18/2017	Illegal Bangladeshi immigrants held with Aadhaar cards	Bengaluru	Job application	Fake documents	Y	N
12/17/2017	Assam UIDAI official involved in fake Aadhaar card job racket arrested	Guwhati	Aadhaar racket	NA	NA	NA
12/16/2017	Family Forged 11 Year Old Girl's Aadhaar Card In Order To Marry Her	Bulandshahr	Marriage	Forged	Y	N
12/16/2017	Fake documents, forged gazetted letters used to enrol for Aadhaar	Bengaluru	Aadhaar racket	Fake documents	Y	N
12/14/2017	Prime suspect in fake Aadhaar racket held	Kolkata	Aadhaar racket	NA	NA	Y
12/13/2017	Mumbai: Fake document racket busted in Bhayandar	Mumbai	Aadhaar racket	Fake documents	Y	NA
12/13/2017	Three held for Aadhaar card fraud	Chennai	Illegal migrants	Fake documents	Y	N
12/8/2017	Lashkar-e-Toiba operative gets PAN, Aadhaar, passport in Bihar	Gopalganj	Terrorist living in India	NA	Y	Y
11/29/2017	Bangladeshi nationals with fake PAN, Aadhaar card nabbed	West Garo Hills	Illegal migrants	NA	NA	Y
11/27/2017	Morphed Aadhaar cards were given to teens to cast vote: UIDAI	Agra	Cast votes	Forged	N	N
11/23/2017	Al-Qaeda terror suspect arrested in kolkata got fake Aadhaar card made in Karnataka	Kolkata	Terrorist living in India	NA	Y	N
11/11/2017	Five persons held on charges of generating fake Aadhaar cards	Dimapur	Aadhaar racket	NA	Y	N
11/9/2017	Minor with fake Aadhaar rescued	Mumbai	Flesh trade racket	NA	Y	N
11/6/2017	Apps create fake Aadhaar cards	Hyderabad	Aadhaar racket	NA	NA	NA
11/2/2017	Fake Aadhaar card gang busted, 2 arrested	Panchkula	Aadhaar racket	NA	Y	N
10/31/2017	Four held for making fake Aadhaar cards	Bathinda	Land	NA	NA	N
10/27/2017	Fake Aadhaar cards row: How Maharashtra government prevented payments to 10 lakh fraud accounts	Maharashtra	NA	NA	NA	NA
10/12/2017	Dimapur police busts fake Aadhaar card racket	Dimapur	Aadhaar racket	Eye and finger scanner used to make fake Aadhaar	Y	N
10/9/2017	Two held in Indore for making fake Aadhar cards	Indore	Marriage	Forged	N	N
10/3/2017	Fake ‘originals’ leave passport officials in a tight spot	Bengaluru	Illegal migrants	NA	Y	Y
9/22/2017	Rot runs deep: Aadhaar, birth documents easily forged	Hyderabad	Marriage	Online facility to correct details	Y	Y
9/12/2017	Rohingya man, held for forgery, holds Aadhaar, PAN cards	Hyderabad	Illegal migrants	NA	Y	N
9/11/2017	Fake Aadhaar card network busted in Kanpur	Kanpur	Aadhaar racket	Eye and finger scanner used to make fake Aadhaar	Y	N
8/4/2017	Three Pakistanis issued Aadhaar based on fake papers	New Delhi	Illegal migrants	Fake documents	Y	N
7/23/2017	Pakistani narcotic smuggler held in TN had travelled across India with two fake Aadhaar cards	Madurai	Illegal migrants	NA	NA	NA
6/16/2017	Aadhaar centre owner, 4 others held for issuing cards against fake documents	Bengaluru	Aadhaar racket	Fake documents	Y	N
6/5/2017	Agents Provide Fake Aadhar Card With Real Train Ticket in Patna	Patna	Aadhaar racket	NA	NA	NA
6/2/2017	Two held for running fake Aadhaar card racket	Delhi	Aadhaar racket	NA	N	NA
5/31/2017	Rail cops uncover fake Aadhar scam	Mumbai	Train travel	Forged	N	N
5/31/2017	Bengaluru: Fake Aadhaar, forged IDs land Indo-Pak couple in jail	Bengaluru	Illegal migrants	Fake documents	Y	N
5/26/2017	After Karnataka, Pakistani national with fake Aadhaar card arrested from Haryana’s Bahadurgarh	Bahadurgarh	Illegal migrants	Fake documents	Y	Y
5/17/2017	Bangla man held with Aadhaar card, Indian ‘passport	Mumbai	Illegal migrants	NA	Y	Y
4/30/2017	Rajasthan ATS nabs 11 impersonators, forged Aadhaar cards recovered	Udaipur	Exams	Forged	N	N
4/28/2017	A man arrested for issuing Aadhar cards on the basis of forged documents allegedly committed suicide in police lock-up.	Ahmedabad	Aadhaar racket	Fake documents	Y	N
4/28/2017	Jobless engineer made over 100 fake Aadhaar cards	Ahmedabad	Aadhaar racket	Forged	N	N
4/6/2017	Indore: Fake mobile financing gang busted, 11 arrested	Indore	Loans	NA	NA	NA
2/6/2017	Delhi realtor breaks into businessman's a/c with fake Aadhaar card, steals Rs 2.5 lakh	Mumbai	Phishing Scam	NA	NA	NA
1/31/2017	MFIs distribute loans on fake Aadhaar, election cards	Nagpur	Loans	NA	NA	NA
12/20/2016	Nine held in Aadhaar racket bust	Kolkata	Aadhaar racket	Eye and finger scanner used to make fake Aadhaar	Y	N
12/3/2016	Racket in Fake Aadhaar	Bengaluru	Sim cards	Forged	N	N
11/3/2016	'If Lord Hanuman can get an Aadhaar number, why can't a Pakistani spy?'	NA	Illegal migrants	Fake documents	Y	NA
10/13/2016	Fake Aadhaar numbers used in PDS	Bengaluru	Siphon PDS grains	Forged	N	N
8/27/2016	Fake Aadhaar troubles passport officials in city	Visakhapatnam	Passport	Forged	N	N
8/1/2016	Three held for forging Aadhar card documents	Mumbai	Aadhaar racket	Fake documents	Y	Y
7/27/2016	Spammed with snail mail, man uncovers Aadhaar card fraud	Mumbai	Aadhaar racket	Fake documents	Y	N
7/10/2016	Man files plaint against wife for forging his Aadhaar card	Aurangabad	Book hotel room	Forged	N	N
7/9/2016	Touts forge Aadhaar IDs to get confirmed berths	Mumbai	Train travel	Forged	N	N
6/25/2016	Food Dept detects 6L Fake Aadhaar card holders	Ranchi	Siphon PDS grains	NA	NA	NA
5/18/2016	Seizure of 5,000 fake Aadhaar cards worries WB authorities	Malda	Aadhaar racket	Forged	N	N
5/17/2016	Aadhaar card scam busted	Delhi	Aadhaar racket	Forged	N	N
5/15/2016	Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist from PoK caught, Aadhaar card recovered from him	Srinagar	Illegal migrants	NA	NA	NA
11/16/2015	Alarm over seizure of fake passports from illegal Bangladeshi immigrants	Mumbai	Passport	NA	NA	NA
9/15/2015	Agency issues fake Aadhaar cards with UIDAI data	Bengaluru	Aadhaar racket	Forged	NA	NA
7/5/2015	Man makes Aadhar card for dog ‘Tommy Singh’, arrested	Bhind	Aadhaar racket	NA	Y	N
7/4/2015	South Mumbai RTO stumbles upon fake driving licence scam	Mumbai	Drivers License	Forged	N	Y
7/2/2015	Man Arrested for Making 'Fake' Aadhaar Cards	Chandigarh	Aadhaar racket	Forged	N	N
10/31/2014	16 held in Aadhaar card scam	Gudivada	PDS grains	NA	NA	NA
10/27/2014	Bangladeshi man in fake ID card racket	Kolkata	Aadhaar racket	Forged	NA	Y
6/27/2014	Four held for making fake Aadhaar cards	Kanpur	Aadhaar racket	NA	NA	NA
3/25/2014	Illegal immigrants can 'buy' Aadhaar for Rs 500: Sting operation	Delhi	Aadhaar racket	NA	Y	NA
1/19/2013	Duo used fake documents to get AADHAR, PAN cards for clients	Mumbai	Aadhaar racket	Fake documents	NA	N
6/17/2012	Seven booked in Aadhaar fraud	Hyderabad	Aadhaar racket	NA	Y	NA
4/27/2012	Aadhaar card scam unearthed in Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Siphon PDS grains	Forged	NA	NA
3/25/2012	Cobrapost exposes how illegal immigrants easily avail Aadhaar cards	Delhi	Aadhaar racket	Fake documents	Y	Y

Summary

It is clear that all the frauds have Aadhaar in common. There is a clear abuse in usage of Aadhaar and UIDAI has not taken any measures to close the leak. Instead UIDAI pretends there is no leak. Also, claims that the privacy standards are set too high besides having millions of Indian citizens privacy at risk.Tathagata Satpathy, representing Dhenkanal constituency of Odisha) also said that Aadhaar can be a tool for ethnic cleansing in future.

This article is not to be mistaken as an outrage but a source to identify the failures of Aadhaar system.

References

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