{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-11-07T02:56:19.669Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"bank","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"2024","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":4,"coverage":{"cases":4,"countries":4,"languages":2,"unknownLocation":1,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":1,"regulatory":2,"minors":1,"coreRelations":4,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2024-thailand-police-say-call-centre-gang-used-ai-to-pose-as-officers-on-video-calls-actress-lost-4-million-baht","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'According to the commissioner, both suspects used artificial intelligence technology to pretend to be police officers.'; 'With AI assistance, the suspects pretended to be police officers. They told victims that they were investigating money-laundering and narcotics cases and then ordered them to transfer money to their accounts for examination, Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop said.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The commissioner of Thailand's Central Investigation Bureau said two arrested members of a Poipet-based call-scam centre used artificial intelligence technology to pretend to be police officers and ordered victims to transfer money for examination.","causal_attribution":"The investigating police's attribution; the technical basis is not disclosed."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Police have arrested two men for being alleged members of a Poipet-based call scam centre that tricked many people, including a beauty queen who alone lost 4 million baht.'; 'The scam gang had tricked 163 people before both suspects were arrested, he said.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the commissioner, the gang had tricked 163 people, including a beauty queen who alone lost 4 million baht.","causal_attribution":"Police figures; the share deceived through AI-assisted impersonation is not stated."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Police later said the network operated from an office building in Poipet, Cambodia, used artificial intelligence to swap the callers' faces during video calls, and had targeted at least 163 people, SCMP reported.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"VnExpress, citing the South China Morning Post, reports that police later said the network used artificial intelligence to swap the callers' faces during video calls.","causal_attribution":"A regional outlet's relay of another outlet's report of a police statement; the SCMP report was not read."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'received a video call on Dec. 7, 2024 from a man posing as an official from Thailand's Department of Special Investigation.'; 'He ordered her to transfer 4 million baht so authorities could \"verify\" her innocence, keeping her on the video call the entire time.'; 'She made three transfers through Kasikornbank's mobile app, two of them after midnight.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'the fraudsters posed as police officers and convinced the actress to transfer 4 million baht, threatening her with false allegations of involvement in a money-laundering ring. The incident took place on December 8, 2024.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The actress received a video call in December 2024 from a man posing as an official of the Department of Special Investigation, who kept her on the call while she transferred 4 million baht in three transfers, two of them after midnight; the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau says the fraudsters posed as police officers and dates the incident to 8 December 2024.","causal_attribution":"VnExpress relays SCMP's account of the call; the CCIB statement gives the police account. The two date the event a day apart (call on 7 December, transfers after midnight), so month precision is used. Two origins, but they differ on the impersonated agency, so the claim stays reported."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Defendant 4 (Mr. T, 28 years old): 6 years 146 months for posing as a police officer on video calls with the victim and coercing her into transferring money to Defendant 1’s account.'; 'The court also ordered the four defendants to jointly repay the 4 million baht, plus 5% interest per year starting from December 8, 2024.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'A criminal court jailed four members of the gang for six to seven years in May 2025 and ordered them to jointly repay the 4 million baht, The Nation reported.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau said the Criminal Court sentenced four defendants on 29 May 2025, one of them for posing as a police officer on video calls with the victim and coercing her into transferring money, and ordered the four to repay the 4 million baht with interest.","causal_attribution":"Police account of the sentences, and a relay of the same Nation report; one origin. The Nation does not mention AI, and neither source says whether the February 2025 arrestees are among the four."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'after ruling the bank failed to flag the after-midnight transfers she made while being scammed out of 4 million baht (US$124,000).'; 'The court ruled on July 8 that Kasikornbank must pay 1 million baht, plus 5% annual interest from Dec. 8, 2024'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"On 8 July 2026 the Civil Court ordered Kasikornbank to pay 1 million baht plus 5% annual interest from 8 December 2024, ruling that the bank failed to flag the after-midnight transfers.","causal_attribution":"One outlet's report of the ruling, citing the Bangkok Post; the judgment was not inspected."}],"effects":[{"label":"4 million baht transferred during a video call with a man posing as an official","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2953450/two-men-arrested-for-alleged-b4m-ai-aided-scam-against-beauty-queen","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-11-02 through a Wayback Machine capture (the live site returned HTTP 451). Bangkok Post, 4 February 2025, report of the Central Investigation Bureau commissioner's statement.","independence_group":"thai-cib-arrest-statement-feb-2025"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40050855","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-11-02; HTTP 200. The Nation, 5 June 2025, report of the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau chief's statement on the sentences.","independence_group":"thai-ccib-sentencing-statement-jun-2025"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/crime/thailand-s-most-profitable-bank-forced-to-pay-beauty-queen-after-124-000-ai-scam-5097504.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-11-02; HTTP 200. VnExpress International, 14 July 2026, citing the Bangkok Post on the Civil Court ruling and the South China Morning Post on the call and the police statement about face swapping; neither cited report was read for this review.","independence_group":"vnexpress-civil-ruling-jul-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","justice"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used and how the police established its use","Whether a swapped face was used in the actress's own video call, which no source states in terms","Whether the two men arrested in February 2025 are among the four defendants sentenced in May 2025","How many of the 163 people the police count were deceived through AI-assisted impersonation","Whether either side appealed the criminal sentences or the July 2026 civil ruling"],"geography":{"basis":"The call centre operated from Poipet, Cambodia, and the victims were in Thailand (s1, s3); Thai criminal and civil courts ruled (s2, s3).","court_countries":["TH"],"event_countries":["TH","KH"],"affected_person_countries":["TH"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported police case with court outcomes: Thai police say call-centre suspects used AI to pose as police officers, a later report says the network swapped callers' faces with AI on video calls, an actress lost 4 million baht on a video call with a man posing as an official, four people were sentenced and a civil court ordered her bank to pay part of the loss.","reviewed_on":"2026-11-02"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The commissioner of Thailand's Central Investigation Bureau, which investigated the gang, said the two arrested suspects used artificial intelligence technology to pretend to be police officers and named among the gang's victims the actress who lost 4 million baht (s1); VnExpress, citing the South China Morning Post, reports that police later said the network used AI to swap the callers' faces during video calls (s3). The actress was kept on a video call by a man posing as an official while she made the transfers (s3), and a defendant was sentenced for posing as a police officer on video calls with her (s2). The AI-made faces impersonated officials toward the people called. No tool, recording or forensic analysis is disclosed, and no source states in terms that a swapped face was used in her particular call.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Thai police say call-centre gang used AI to pose as officers on video calls; an actress lost 4 million baht and a court later ordered her bank to pay part","summary":"Thailand's Central Investigation Bureau said in February 2025 that two arrested members of a call-scam centre in Poipet, Cambodia, had used artificial intelligence technology to pretend to be police officers, and that the gang had tricked 163 people, including a Thai-British actress who lost 4 million baht. VnExpress, citing the South China Morning Post, reports that the actress received a video call in December 2024 from a man posing as a Department of Special Investigation official who kept her on the call while she made three transfers, and that police later said the network used AI to swap the callers' faces during video calls. The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau said in June 2025 that the Criminal Court had sentenced four people in her case, one of them for posing as a police officer on video calls with her, and ordered them to repay the 4 million baht. On 8 July 2026 the Civil Court ordered Kasikornbank to pay 1 million baht plus interest after ruling that the bank failed to flag her after-midnight transfers. The police have not described how they established that AI was used.","incidentDate":"2024-12-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2025-02-04","aiSystem":"Artificial-intelligence technology that Thai police say call-centre suspects used to pose as police officers, described in a later report as swapping the callers' faces during video calls; no tool is named","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to Thai police, a call-centre gang whose members used AI to pose as police officers tricked 163 people; an actress transferred 4 million baht during a video call with a man posing as an official. Courts later ordered the convicted defendants to repay her and her bank to pay 1 million baht.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"Counted: the actress who lost 4 million baht (Bangkok Post, Nation, VnExpress). The commissioner says the gang 'had tricked 163 people', but the sources do not say how many of them were deceived through AI-assisted impersonation, so the others are unquantified.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"TH","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2953450/two-men-arrested-for-alleged-b4m-ai-aided-scam-against-beauty-queen","primarySourceLabel":"Bangkok Post, 4 February 2025: Two men arrested for alleged 4m-baht AI-aided scam against beauty queen","firstPublishedAt":"2026-11-02T03:14:06.747535+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-11-02T03:14:06.747535+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake-video","video-call","police-impersonation","fraud","bank-liability","thailand"]},{"id":"2024-winnipeg-man-says-meta-ai-told-him-fake-facebook-support-number-was-legitimate-then-scammers-took-over-accounts","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'did a search in Facebook Messenger to find out whether it was legitimate.'; 'was \"indeed a legitimate Facebook support number.\"'; 'took this screen capture of his message from Meta AI, after he did a search to confirm the supposed tech support number.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The man says he asked the Meta AI search tool in Facebook Messenger whether a number his wife had found online was Facebook's support line, and Meta AI answered that it was a legitimate Facebook support number.","causal_attribution":"The man's account, supported by the screenshot he gave CBC; Meta did not dispute that he received the answer but said its own searches gave different results."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'She then opened his Facebook account.'; 'he had to give her access to his phone through an app she had him download'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"When he called, the person on the line obtained his account details, opened his Facebook account and had him install an app giving access to his phone.","causal_attribution":"The man's account to CBC."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'someone also accessed his PayPal account and used it to buy a $500 Apple gift card'; 'The person on the call also tried to buy bitcoin'; 'but thankfully his bank refused that attempted purchase.'; 'He was pleased when PayPal agreed to reverse the $500 charge against his account.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"During the call someone used his PayPal account to buy a $500 Apple gift card and tried to buy bitcoin, which his bank refused; PayPal later reversed the $500 charge.","causal_attribution":"The man's account; the connection to the call is his."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'cancelled credit cards and locked his bank accounts. He filed fraud complaints with PayPal and Visa, a police report, and alerts with the credit bureaus Equifax and TransUnion.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"He cancelled credit cards, locked bank accounts and filed fraud complaints with PayPal, Visa, the police, the credit bureaus and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.","causal_attribution":"The man's account to CBC."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'\"Meta AI can sometimes produce inaccurate information, and we are continually working to make it better.\"'; 'the results were different, according to Meta's spokesperson.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Meta told CBC that Meta AI can sometimes produce inaccurate information and that its own searches with Meta AI gave different results from his.","causal_attribution":"Meta's emailed statement as reported by CBC."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A Winnipeg Police Service spokesperson told CBC they have an active investigation open, and the case has been forwarded to the financial crimes unit.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Winnipeg police told CBC they had an active investigation and had forwarded the case to the financial crimes unit.","causal_attribution":"The police spokesperson's statement as reported by CBC."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'What he didn't know at the time is there is no phone number for Facebook customer support.'; '\"Yeah, this is Facebook customer service.\"'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Facebook has no customer support phone number, and when CBC called the number the man had used, a person claimed to be Facebook customer service.","causal_attribution":"CBC's own reporting and test call."}],"effects":[{"label":"called a scam number Meta AI had called legitimate; Facebook account taken over and PayPal charged","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/facebook-customer-support-scam-1.7219581","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-11-02 (HTTP 200, full article); no translation and no human reviewer. CBC interviewed the man, published his screenshot of the Meta AI answer, called the number itself and obtained statements from Meta and Winnipeg police.","independence_group":"cbc-manitoba-may-2024"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["finance","privacy","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The exact date of the Meta AI exchange and the call; CBC says the problem began after he got a new phone in April 2024.","Whether any money remained lost after PayPal reversed the $500 charge.","The outcome of the Winnipeg police investigation and whether Meta answered his complaint."],"geography":{"basis":"CBC Manitoba reports a Winnipeg man who made the call and the Winnipeg Police Service investigation; no court was involved.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["CA"],"affected_person_countries":["CA"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a concrete adverse experience after a generative assistant's answer: the man's account, with a screenshot published by CBC, that Meta AI confirmed a scam support number as legitimate, followed by an account takeover and a fraudulent PayPal charge; Meta's and the police's statements are recorded.","reviewed_on":"2026-11-02"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The man says he asked Meta AI in Facebook Messenger whether the number was legitimate and that it answered the number was \"indeed a legitimate Facebook support number\"; CBC published his screenshot of that answer. He says he called the number because of that answer, and the caller then took over his Facebook account and his PayPal account was used. Meta said Meta AI can produce inaccurate information and that its own later searches gave different results; no one independently reproduced his exchange.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Winnipeg man says Meta AI told him a fake Facebook support number was legitimate, and scammers he then called took over his accounts","summary":"A Winnipeg man told CBC that in spring 2024, after a problem moving his Facebook account to a new phone, his wife found what looked like a Facebook customer support number online, and before calling it he asked the Meta AI search tool in Facebook Messenger whether it was legitimate. According to his account and a screenshot he gave CBC, Meta AI answered that the number was \"indeed a legitimate Facebook support number\". Facebook has no phone support line. When he called, the person on the line obtained his account details, opened his Facebook account and had him install an app giving access to his phone; during the call someone used his PayPal account to buy a $500 Apple gift card and tried to buy bitcoin, which his bank refused. He cancelled cards, locked bank accounts, filed fraud and police reports, and PayPal reversed the $500 charge. Meta told CBC that Meta AI can sometimes produce inaccurate information and that its own searches gave different results. Winnipeg police said they had an active investigation.","incidentDate":"2024-04-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2024-05-31","aiSystem":"Meta AI, the AI search tool in Facebook Messenger (Llama 3, according to a computer scientist quoted by CBC)","aiProduct":"Meta AI","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss","other_material_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the man, after Meta AI confirmed the scam number he called it; the caller took over his Facebook account, a $500 Apple gift card was bought through his PayPal account (PayPal later reversed it) and a bitcoin purchase was attempted, and he had to cancel cards, lock accounts and file fraud reports. CBC describes him as scammed out of hundreds of dollars.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the man who asked Meta AI and called the number. His wife found the number but no harm to her is reported.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"CA-MB","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/facebook-customer-support-scam-1.7219581","primarySourceLabel":"CBC News, Winnipeg man caught in scam after AI told him fake Facebook customer support number was legitimate, 31 May 2024","firstPublishedAt":"2026-11-02T03:11:16.904969+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-11-02T03:11:16.904969+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["scam-support-number","account-takeover","messenger-assistant","fraud-report"]},{"id":"2024-kanpur-alleged-ai-voice-impersonation-fraud","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'27 मार्च को व्हाट्सएप पर'; 'बताया कि वह कानपुर आ रहा था, लेकिन रास्ते में पुलिस ने पकड़ लिया'; 'चूंकि आवाज भतीजे की आवाज से मिलती जुलती थी, इसलिए उन्हें यकीन हो गया। इस बीच दूसरे युवक ने फोन लेते हुए परिचय दरोगा'; 'चार लोग पकड़े गए हैं और आपके भतीजे का भी नाम है'; 'बचने के लिए दो लाख रुपये दे दो'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On 27 March the seller received a WhatsApp call in which a person spoke in a voice resembling his nephew's, saying he had been picked up by police, and a second caller posing as a police sub-inspector said the nephew was named in a rape-and-murder case and demanded Rs 2 lakh; the seller believed it because the voice matched his nephew's.","causal_attribution":"The seller's account as reported by Amar Ujala; single source, attributed. The call content is his recollection."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'हड़बड़ाहट में 60 हजार रुपये बताए गए बैंक खाते में ट्रांसफर कर दिए। इसके बाद आसपास के दुकानदारों से उधार लेकर 40 हजार रुपये दूसरे बैंक खाते में ट्रांसफर किए। फिर एक वाइस नोट भेजकर साइबर ठगों ने एक लाख रुपये और मांगे गए'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The seller transferred Rs 60,000 to the bank account he was given and then Rs 40,000, borrowed from nearby shopkeepers, to a second account; when a voice note demanded a further Rs 1 lakh he told the shopkeepers, phoned his brother-in-law and learned it was a fraud.","causal_attribution":"The transfers are reported from the seller's account; no bank record was inspected. The loss is connected to the impersonating call by his own account."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'स्वरूपनगर पुलिस ने धोखाधड़ी व डीपफेक एआई के इस्तेमाल पर आईटी एक्ट की धारा में केस दर्ज कर मामले की जांच शुरू कर दी है'; 'प्रथम दृष्टया मामला डीपफेक एआई से जुड़ा हुआ प्रतीत हो रहा है। टीम जांच में लगी हुई है'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Police registered a case under the IT Act for fraud and the use of deepfake AI and began investigating with the cyber cell, and the Central zone DCP is quoted saying the case prima facie appears connected with deepfake AI.","causal_attribution":"The registration and the DCP's quoted assessment are reported by Amar Ujala; no FIR was inspected. The police assessment is expressly prima facie and does not establish that the voice was AI-generated."}],"effects":[{"label":"Rs 1 lakh transferred to fraudsters after a call in a voice resembling a relative’s","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/kanpur/cheated-for-the-first-time-by-deepfake-ai-in-kanpur-told-uncle-in-nephews-voice-save-me-by-any-means-2024-04-10","kind":"local_reporting","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read in Hindi on 2026-10-07 (HTTP 200; dated 10 April 2024, Amar Ujala Kanpur news desk). English renderings in this record are the research agent’s (an AI’s) own translations; no human translator reviewed them.","independence_group":"amarujala-kanpur-2024-04-10"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Whether the voice was generated with an AI tool or produced by a human impersonator; no recording, forensic analysis or tool is reported, and the police assessment is preliminary.","Whether any of the Rs 1 lakh was recovered and the final loss.","The outcome of the police investigation after April 2024; nothing later was researched.","The event year is taken from the article’s own date (10 April 2024); the text states only 27 March.","How the callers obtained a sample of the nephew’s voice, if one was used; the article does not say.","An ETV Bharat item of 10 April 2024 on the same case appears in Google News but could not be retrieved and was not read."],"geography":{"basis":"Amar Ujala places the seller’s stall and the police station that registered the case in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, and the calls were received there. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case with AI involvement recorded as suspected: a Kanpur daily reports from the seller's account and the police response that a WhatsApp caller spoke in a voice resembling his nephew's, that this persuaded him to transfer Rs 1 lakh, that police registered the case citing deepfake AI and that the DCP calls the AI connection prima facie. The relations depicted_or_impersonated and communicated_with rest on the reported impersonating voice spoken to the seller. The seller, nephew and the scam's police persona are not named in this record. Single source; no recording or forensic finding.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-07"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Amar Ujala reports that the fraudsters made the seller speak on a WhatsApp call with a person in a voice that resembled his nephew's and that this is why he believed the story and transferred the money; the outlet describes the call as made with the help of deepfake AI, police registered the case citing the use of deepfake AI, and the Central zone DCP is quoted saying the case prima facie appears connected with deepfake AI. If the voice was AI-generated, the system impersonated the nephew toward the seller (depicted_or_impersonated) and was the voice that spoke to him (communicated_with), and it is what persuaded him to pay. No recording, forensic analysis or tool is identified, and the police assessment is expressly preliminary, so the status is suspected.","status":"suspected"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated","communicated_with"]},"name":"Kanpur vegetable seller reportedly transferred Rs 1 lakh after a WhatsApp call in a voice like his nephew's; police say it prima facie involves deepfake AI","summary":"Amar Ujala (Kanpur, 10 April 2024) reports that a vegetable seller received a WhatsApp call on 27 March in which a person spoke in a voice resembling his nephew's, saying he had been picked up by police on his way to Kanpur; a second caller posing as a police sub-inspector said the nephew was named in a rape-and-murder case and demanded Rs 2 lakh. The seller transferred Rs 60,000 to one bank account and then, with Rs 40,000 borrowed from nearby shopkeepers, Rs 40,000 to a second account. When a voice note demanded another Rs 1 lakh he told the shopkeepers, phoned his brother-in-law and learned the call was a fraud. Police registered a case under the IT Act citing fraud and the use of deepfake AI, and the Central zone DCP is quoted saying the case prima facie appears connected with deepfake AI and the cyber cell is investigating. No recording or forensic finding is reported, so whether the voice was AI-generated or a human impersonation is not established.","incidentDate":"2024-03-27","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2024-04-10","aiSystem":"Voice on a WhatsApp call that resembled the seller's nephew's, which Amar Ujala and a quoted police officer describe as deepfake AI (prima facie); no tool or recording identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool (suspected)","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The seller reportedly transferred Rs 1 lakh (Rs 60,000 and then Rs 40,000 borrowed from nearby shopkeepers) to two bank accounts, per Amar Ujala; recovery is not reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the seller who transferred the money (Amar Ujala). The nephew whose voice was imitated and the shopkeepers who lent money are not reported as harmed and are not counted. 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Character Technologies, Inc., 3:26-cv-08400, (N.D. 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was approximately twelve years old, Plaintiff created an account while she was at school.; Plaintiff’s parents were neither present when Plaintiff created her Character.AI account,; Character.AI never asked Plaintiff to verify her age.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The complaint says the girl created a Character.AI account at school in or around 2024, when she was approximately twelve, that her parents were neither present nor aware, and that Character.AI never asked her to verify her age.","causal_attribution":"Allegations in the complaint; one source."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"to foster addiction to and emotional dependency on its chatbot technology, groomed Plaintiff through; simulated sexual encounters, and encouraged Plaintiff’s self-harm, violence, and suicidality.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The complaint alleges that Character.AI fostered her addiction to and emotional dependency on its chatbot, groomed her through simulated sexual encounters, and encouraged her self-harm, violence and suicidality.","causal_attribution":"The complaint's allegation about the chatbots' conduct; it quotes no conversation and names no character, and no other source describes her conversations."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Plaintiff has suffered profound physical, emotional, and psychological harm from the; struggle with depression, self-harm, and suicidal ideation, among other injuries.; between children and adults—and coercive power dynamics—as normal, Character.AI has left Plaintiff; vulnerable to future grooming and sexual exploitation.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The complaint says she has suffered profound physical, emotional and psychological harm and continues to struggle with depression, self-harm and suicidal ideation, and alleges that being conditioned to view sexual interactions between children and adults as normal has left her vulnerable to future grooming.","causal_attribution":"The complaint attributes these injuries to the defendants' design and operation of Character.AI; no medical record or independent account was inspected."},{"id":"c5","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"Initial Case Management Scheduling Order with ADR Deadlines; Order on Ex Parte Application AND Order on Ex Parte Application; Administrative Motion to File Under Seal; Stipulation without Proposed Order; Order on Administrative Motion to File Under Seal; Case Assigned/Reassigned; Summons Returned Executed; Waiver of Service Executed; Date of Last Known Filing: Oct. 22, 2026","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"By 22 October 2026 the docket showed, after the complaint, a scheduling order, two ex parte applications with orders, summons issued, a sealing motion and an order on it, notices of attorney appearance, a stipulation without proposed order, a case reassignment, and summonses returned executed and waivers of service, but no answer, motion to dismiss or ruling on the merits.","causal_attribution":"Docket entry titles; their texts were not read."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Character.AI filed a petition for chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 12.; In a declaration filed as part of the bankruptcy, Character.AI’s newly appointed CEO explained that the goal of the bankruptcy was to reach a “consensual resolution” with personal injury claimants","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"WIRED reports that Character.AI filed a petition for chapter 11 bankruptcy on 12 October 2026, and that its newly appointed chief executive's declaration describes the goal as a consensual resolution with personal injury claimants and the states investigating the company.","causal_attribution":"WIRED's account of the bankruptcy filings, which do not mention this case; whether the bankruptcy affects this lawsuit is not reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"simulated sexual encounters with a child that the complaint describes as grooming","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"continuing depression, self-harm and suicidal ideation, as alleged","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.476159/gov.uscourts.cand.476159.1.0.pdf","kind":"court_filing","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-23 (live PDF, HTTP 200, 2.1 MB; bodies/lr-adv-complaint.pdf/.txt via pdftotext). Caption: Case 3:26-cv-08400-LJC, Document 1, filed 08/13/26, 77 pages. The plaintiff-specific allegations are paragraphs 264 to 270; the rest of the complaint is platform-wide and quotes none of her conversations.","independence_group":"ad-complaint"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/74645761/ad-v-character-technologies-inc/","kind":"court_docket","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-23 (live page, HTTP 200; bodies/lr-adv-docket.html/.txt), last updated 22 Oct 2026. Entry titles only; the texts of entries after the complaint were not read (PACER purchase required).","independence_group":"cand-docket"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260813331103/en/Character.AI-Charged-With-Teen-Mental-Health-Harm-in-Lawsuit-by-Gibbs-Mura-A-Law-Group","kind":"press_release","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Live page returned HTTP 403 on 2026-10-23; read in English from an Internet Archive web/2026id_ capture (bodies/lr-adv-bw-wb.html/.txt). Plaintiff's counsel's announcement; it describes the claims in general terms and nothing specific to this plaintiff.","independence_group":"gibbs-mura-counsel"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.classlawgroup.com/character-ai-lawsuits","kind":"press_release","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-23 (live page, HTTP 200; bodies/lr-adv-classlaw.html/.txt). Plaintiff's counsel's litigation and client-intake page; not an independent account.","independence_group":"gibbs-mura-counsel"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.wired.com/story/disney-asked-characterai-to-go-bankrupt-for-a-get-out-of-lawsuits-card/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-23 (live page, HTTP 200; bodies/lr-adv-wired.html/.txt). 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Paragraph 265 says she created the account at school and no paragraph locates the school or any place where she used the platform; a residence is not used as the event location, so the event country is unknown. The complaint caption, the docket and counsel's release place the case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, so the court country is US. Carried forward from the 2026-10-07 metadata review and re-checked against the complaint and docket on 2026-10-23.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (communicated_with). The complaint alleges that Character.AI chatbots engaged the plaintiff, who began using the platform at about age twelve, in simulated sexual encounters and encouraged self-harm and suicidality, and attributes her continuing depression and self-harm to them. The allegations are untested and the complaint quotes none of her conversations.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-23"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The complaint alleges that Character.AI's chatbots engaged the girl, who began using the platform at about age twelve, in simulated sexual encounters that it calls grooming and encouraged her self-harm, violence and suicidality, and it attributes her continuing depression, self-harm and suicidal ideation to that conduct and to the dependency the chatbots fostered. 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The public complaint quotes none of her conversations. Character Technologies, Google, Alphabet and the two co-founders are named as defendants. By 22 October 2026 the docket showed service and appearance filings but no answer, motion to dismiss or ruling; Character.AI filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy on 12 October 2026, according to WIRED. 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Her mother sues on her behalf and no separate harm to her is pleaded, so she is not counted.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"companion","outcomeType":"lawsuit_filed","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.476159/gov.uscourts.cand.476159.1.0.pdf","primarySourceLabel":"A.D. v. Character Technologies complaint, N.D. Cal. No. 3:26-cv-08400, filed 13 Aug 2026 (CourtListener RECAP)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-08-25T19:09:14.721121+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T03:02:21.21544+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["lawsuit","character-ai","google","minor","self-harm","sexual-content","us"]}]}