{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-11-02T08:07:44.440Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"bank-liability","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"2024","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":2,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":1,"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"]}]}