Krishna Vinod Jaiswal thought he had found a shortcut. A 25-year-old BSc IT dropout running a document service centre in Borivali West, he had gained access to what appeared to be an official government portal capable of generating birth certificates from any state in India. The portal looked genuine. The QR codes on the certificates it produced redirected to what appeared to be a verification page. Customers paid. Certificates arrived within minutes.
Borivali police arrested Jaiswal on Thursday. What they discovered during questioning made this case considerably more complicated than a standard forgery bust.
Jaiswal himself had allegedly been duped.
How The Fraud Surfaced
In December 2025, a 41-year-old Borivali West document service operator was approached by a man identifying himself as Krishna Jaiswal. He claimed access to an official portal that could generate birth certificates from any Indian state. As proof, he shared sample certificates bearing QR codes that appeared to verify the documents online.
The operator trusted him. He paid registration and service fees, received login credentials and began generating certificates for customers. Doubts crept in only after some certificates failed government verification checks. He approached police.
Investigators submitted four certificates to the BMC’s Birth and Death Registration Department. All four had no corresponding records in any government database. They were completely forged. An FIR was registered and Jaiswal was arrested.
Gemini Built The Trap
What makes this case stand apart is what investigators found Jaiswal had allegedly used to build his side of the operation. Police say he used Google’s AI tool, Gemini, to construct his own website, phishing pages and UPI payment links.
The workflow he built was automated and efficient. Customers first received a payment link. After paying, they were redirected to a form collecting personal details: name, date and place of birth, parents’ names, Aadhaar number, address, hospital name and registration details. That information was automatically forwarded to Jaiswal via WhatsApp. He then generated the forged certificate PDF and sent it to the customer.
The fake portal charged between Rs 149 and Rs 300 for a wallet recharge, with certificates generated at around Rs 149 to Rs 150 apiece, up to five per transaction. The portal closely mimicked official government websites. The QR code appeared genuine because it redirected to another fake webpage, not a real government database.
“To an ordinary person, the certificate looked completely authentic. However, if a government official verified the document through the official government portal, it would immediately be identified as fake,” an investigating officer said.
Jaiswal claims to have generated nearly 40 fake birth certificates. Police are treating that figure as preliminary.
The Twist Nobody Expected
During questioning, Jaiswal told investigators he had purchased access to the fake portal from unknown operators, paying recurring fees in the belief that he held legitimate backend access to a genuine government system. He said he did not know the portal itself was fraudulent.
Police believe he functioned as a sub-agent, not the mastermind. He was, in their assessment, one layer of a larger network manufacturing forged identity documents and impersonating government digital services nationwide. They however allege he knowingly sold forged certificates to customers after collecting money, which is where his culpability sits regardless of what he knew about the portal’s origins.
The real operators remain untraced. When police wrote to the website seeking information, the portal went offline shortly afterwards.
What Investigators Are Now Chasing
Police are tracing domain registrations, hosting servers, payment trails, UPI transactions and communication records to find whoever built and operated the portal. Investigators believe it may be linked to a nationwide network manufacturing forged identity documents across multiple categories.
The fake portal was also searchable on Google, an officer confirmed. Cybercriminals routinely create websites with domain names closely resembling official government portals, making them discoverable through ordinary searches by people looking for document services.
What Citizens Must Know
Police have issued clear guidance. Always verify a government website before making any payment. Check that the URL belongs to an official government domain. Typing .gov.in is not enough; verify the full domain carefully. If unsure, copy the link and ask an AI tool to analyze whether it is genuine or suspicious. Never rely solely on a QR code displayed on any document as proof of authenticity. A QR code can redirect to a fake page just as easily as a real one.
