Chennai, Sept. 2 -- The Cyber Crime Cell of the CB-CID has registered a case over an AI-generated deepfake video impersonating Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Vijay Joseph and allegedly being used to cheat people by offering financial assistance.

The case was registered on September 1 after the Cyber Crime team, during routine cyber patrolling, detected a deepfake video circulating on Facebook with Hindi audio impersonating the Chief Minister.

According to the CB-CID, the video was created and circulated on Facebook and other social media platforms with the alleged intention of cheating innocent people. In the video, members of the public were asked to contact a WhatsApp number for financial assistance.

Following the detection, a special r...