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Nanchong police say a man had AI face-swap obscene videos made from images of several female colleagues and spread them for profit; he was detained

Police in Nanchong, Sichuan, said on 29 October 2026 that their investigation found a man had secretly filmed or stolen image material of several female colleagues, commissioned other people to make AI face-swap obscene videos from it, and spread the videos for profit through social platforms in and outside China and a QQ group he ran, charging entry fees and selling goods. According to the police, a female colleague or colleagues (the account does not say how many) discovered what had happened and called the police; he was traced, caught and placed in administrative detention, and the case remains under investigation. The police did not say how they established that the videos were AI-made, how many colleagues were depicted or when the conduct took place.

AI system
Unidentified video tool
Occurred
Event date unknown
Reported
29 October 2026
Event location
China
What the AI did
Depicted or impersonated the person
Reported harm
Exploitation or Abuse
Whose AI use
Someone else’s AI use
Setting
Work · Privacy · Justice
Evidence
AI involvement reported · Causal attribution supported · 2 sources, 1 underlying account
5 claims: 5 reported. 5 open questions
People reported harmed
Not reliably quantifiable from the sources

AI system as recorded: AI face-swap technique used, at the man's request, by other people to make obscene videos from images of his colleagues, as described by the police (tool and makers not named)

What Happened

The police account. On 29 October 2026 the Nanchong public security bureau in Sichuan published a case of spreading obscene material for profit, relayed the same day by the Yangtze Evening Post's Purple Cow News. The release says the Xicheng station of the Shunqing district branch received a report that someone was using social platforms to spread indecent material for profit; with technical support from the branch's cyber-security and investigation units, officers traced the man's identity and online activity and caught him.

What the police say they found. According to the police, their investigation found that the man secretly filmed or stole image material of several female colleagues and commissioned other people to make AI face-swap obscene videos. He posted on several social platforms inside and outside China to draw people into a QQ group he had set up, and spread the videos for profit by charging group entry fees, selling goods and offering the videos as gifts with purchases. Red Star News, which obtained the account from the Shunqing police on 30 October, adds the police statement that his female colleague or colleagues (the account does not say how many) discovered what had happened and called the police.

Outcome. The man has been placed in administrative detention and the case is under further investigation. The police did not disclose how they determined that the videos were made with AI face-swapping, how many colleagues were depicted, how many people bought access or when the conduct began.

Reported harm

According to the Nanchong police, AI face-swap obscene videos made from images of several female colleagues were spread for profit through social platforms and a paid QQ group; a female colleague or colleagues discovered what had happened and called the police. The number of women depicted and any further effects on them are not reported.

Outcome

Ongoing

The Shunqing branch of the Nanchong Municipal Public Security Bureau placed the man in administrative detention for spreading obscene material for profit; police said the case was being investigated further (police release of 29 October 2026 as relayed by Yangtze Evening Post and Red Star News). No criminal charge or court outcome had been reported by 31 October 2026.

What remains unknown

  • When the filming, video-making and distribution took place (the release says only that the report was received recently)
  • How many colleagues were depicted and how many people paid for or received the videos
  • Which AI tool was used and who made the videos for him
  • How the police established that the videos were AI face-swaps
  • Whether criminal charges will follow the administrative detention

What the evidence supports

AI involvement: reported. The investigating police state as a finding of their investigation that the man commissioned others to make AI face-swap obscene videos ('委托他人制作AI换脸不雅视频') from image material of his female colleagues, and that these videos were then spread for profit (s1, s2). The police examined the case evidence after the colleagues' report; how they established that the videos were AI-made is not disclosed.

5 claims: 5 reported. What the statuses mean

Reported On 29 October 2026 the Nanchong police published a case of spreading obscene material for profit handled by the Shunqing district branch, after a report that someone was using social platforms to spread indecent material for profit; officers traced and caught the man.

Causal attribution. One origin: the Nanchong police release, relayed by two outlets.

  • yzwb.net(opens in new tab) supports · Chinese
    10月29日，四川南充公安发布了一起传播淫秽物品牟利案件，涉事男子已被依法行政拘留。; 南充市公安局顺庆区分局西城派出所在分局网安大队、侦查打击中心的技术支撑下，成功查处一起传播淫秽物品牟利案件。; 称有人利用社交平台传播不雅信息牟利
  • k.sina.com.cn(opens in new tab) supports · Chinese
    当地警方成功查处一起传播淫秽物品牟利案件，涉事男子已被警方依法行政拘留。; 称有人利用社交平台传播其不雅信息牟利
Reported According to the police investigation, the man secretly filmed or stole image material of several female colleagues and commissioned other people to make AI face-swap obscene videos from it.

Causal attribution. The AI face-swap attribution is the police's own finding ('经查'); the technical basis is not disclosed. One origin.

Reported According to the police, the man posted on several social platforms inside and outside China to draw people into a QQ group he set up, and spread the videos for profit through group entry fees, selling goods and offering them as gifts with purchases.

Causal attribution. Police account; one origin.

  • yzwb.net(opens in new tab) supports · Chinese
    并在境内外多个社交平台发布信息引流，吸引人员加入其组建的QQ群，再通过收取入群费、售卖物品、以消费赠送为名，变相传播不雅视频等手段牟利
  • k.sina.com.cn(opens in new tab) supports · Chinese
    并在境内外多个社交平台发布信息引流，吸引人员加入其组建的QQ群，再通过收取入群费、售卖物品、以消费赠送为名变相传播不雅视频等手段牟利
Reported According to the police as reported by Red Star News, a female colleague or colleagues of the man (the account does not say how many) discovered what had happened and called the police.

Causal attribution. Police statement to Red Star News; one outlet.

Reported The man was placed in administrative detention and the case is under further investigation.

Causal attribution. Police account; one origin. No later charge or court outcome found by 31 October 2026.

Sources

2 sources inspected, from 1 underlying account. Sources that repeat one account do not corroborate each other.

How the sources were read, and where the events happened

Read in Chinese on 2026-10-31; translated by the research agent (an AI). Yangtze Evening Post (yzwb.net) report dated 29 October 2026 by a named reporter, quoting the 'Nanchong Public Security' release; HTTP 200. Applies to s1.

Read in Chinese on 2026-10-31; translated by the research agent (an AI). Red Star News report carried on Sina (k.sina.com.cn), stating its reporter obtained the account from the Shunqing police on 30 October 2026; HTTP 200. The same text appears on an ifeng.com Dafeng account page. Same police origin as s1. Applies to s2.

Event countries: China. Affected-person countries: Unknown. Court countries: Unknown.

Event: the report was made to a police station of the Shunqing district branch in Nanchong, Sichuan, which traced and caught the man there and holds him (s1, s2); the videos were posted on platforms inside and outside China, so the dissemination is not confined to one country. Affected people: the sources do not say where the colleagues live. No court is involved.

Reviewed for publication 2026-10-31: Published as a reported police case: the investigating Nanchong police state that a man had AI face-swap obscene videos made from images of several female colleagues and spread them for profit, and that his female colleague or colleagues reported it; the AI attribution is the police's own finding, with its technical basis undisclosed.

People described

Several female colleagues of the man whose images were secretly filmed or stolen and made into AI face-swap obscene videos that were spread for profit; according to the police, a female colleague or colleagues (number not stated) discovered what had happened and called the police. The sources do not name them, give their number or describe their workplace.

People reported harmed in this case

Not reliably quantifiable from the sources

The police say image material of 'several female colleagues' ('多名女同事') was used; no number is given, so the count is unquantified with zero placeholders. Buyers or group members are not counted.

Counted once within this case. The same person may appear in other cases. This count does not establish AI causation.

Tags

#ai-face-swap#non-consensual-intimate-images#workplace#colleagues#sold-for-profit#administrative-detention#china

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NOPE. (2026). Nanchong police say a man had AI face-swap obscene videos made from images of several female colleagues and spread them for profit; he was detained. AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2026-nanchong-police-say-man-had-ai-face-swap-obscene-videos-made-of-female-colleagues-and-spread-them-for-profit

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  title = {Nanchong police say a man had AI face-swap obscene videos made from images of several female colleagues and spread them for profit; he was detained},
  author = {NOPE},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {AI incidents},
  url = {https://nope.net/incidents/2026-nanchong-police-say-man-had-ai-face-swap-obscene-videos-made-of-female-colleagues-and-spread-them-for-profit}
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