Student creates Bribes FYI using AI, lets Indians report and see bribes they pay

A student has created a website called bribes.fyi. Here you can report any incident where you were asked to pay a bribe. You can give all details including the city, department and what the bribe was demanded for.Bribes.fyi is a website where Indians can report any incident where they were asked to pay a bribe. (Photo: Screenshot of Bribes.fyi)An Indian student has just created the website Bribes.fyi where you can report any incident of bribery. The website describes itself as a “free, crowdsourced platform” for citizens to report bribes they were asked to pay, or refused to pay, in government offices.Bribes.fyi says that it collects these reports and organises them by department, city and state to offer a public view of reported corruption patterns.The student behind this website is Aryan Nishad, a BTech student from Maharaja Agrasen Institute Of Technology.Domain details included with the website information show that bribes.fyi is registered with NameCheap Inc. The website went live on July 2. Going by its appearance, it is likely that Nishad used AI to vibe code the website. How does Bribes.fyi work?Bribes.fyi allows anyone to submit a report by entering basic details such as the government department involved, the amount allegedly demanded and the city where the incident took place. You can also state whether you paid the bribe or refused it. The website says the process takes about a minute, after which the report is added to a publicly searchable database with identifying information removed.When posted, it will appear on the website as an anonymous post. One post for instance reads, “For Flat Purchase Sale Deed Registration, Every new flat buyer paid Rs. 35000 to the Sub-registrar office, Domlur via Builder. The builder collected all the amount in the cash from every buyer and paid in the office to the sub-registrar.” This is how a post on Bribes.fyi appears after you report an incident. According to Bribes.fyi, it has recorded 616 reports across 251 cities. Though the website states that the data comes from a self-selected sample and should not be treated as a measure of corruption across India.Compare bribery incidents across IndiaApart from reporting incidents, you can also browse reports and compare trends across departments and locations. The database, the website says, is meant to highlight reported experiences rather than establish definitive corruption rates. It adds that the information is publicly accessible.You can also see a map which shows the number of bribery reports across the country. The Bribes.fyi map showing bribery reports across India. At the time of writing, Police departments account for the highest number of reports on the platform, with 337 entries. They are followed by the RTO with 88 reports and Revenue/Land Records departments with 69. Passport offices account for 43 reports, while municipal corporations have 29. The website currently shows that 38 per cent of reported incidents were refused, with users claiming in some cases that they still received the required service.On the India subreddit, many welcomed the idea of Bribes.fyi. “This is going to be the most consequential platform ever built,” one user wrote. “Dar ka mahaul bi-directional hona chaiye.” Some joked that this will make government officials scared of asking for bribes. Another person added, “This is excellent! However, shameless and/or ignorant fellow citizens try to justify it by passing it to peers and how the world works analogy.” Many were tired of giving bribes to get work done. Though some had doubts over how the website works. On Hacker News, one person wrote, “Not sure what ‘verified’ means because the only verification they did was require a checkbox that ‘I confirm this is a genuine experience.’” Some were skeptical about how verified the reports may be. The website does come with a verification mechanism that allows others to confirm patterns if one department or office receives multiple reports.- EndsPublished By: Armaan AgarwalPublished On: Aug 17, 2026 12:49 IST