{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-27T06:24:23.529Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"bulgaria","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":2,"coverage":{"cases":2,"countries":1,"languages":2,"unknownLocation":1,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":1,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":2,"minors":0,"coreRelations":2,"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":"2026-pleven-bulgaria-prosecutors-say-woman-lost-33000-euros-after-social-media-report-probably-ai-generated-with-presenter-and-politician","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'чрез репортаж в социална мрежа, генериран от изкуствен интелект с гласове и лица на популярни телевизионен водещ и политически лидер'; 'По делото е установено, че пострадалата е била въведена в заблуждение чрез репортаж, излъчван в социална мрежа, вероятно генериран чрез изкуствен интелек.'; 'В него популярни лица - телевизионен водещ и политически лидер, в интервю рекламират, че в България е въведена инвестиционна програма'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'пострадалата е въведена в заблуждение чрез репортаж, излъчван в социална мрежа, вероятно генериран чрез изкуствен интелект.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Pleven prosecutors say the woman was misled by a report broadcast on a social network, probably generated by artificial intelligence, in which a popular television presenter and a political leader promoted an investment programme said to have been introduced in Bulgaria; the release's headline says the report used their voices and faces.","causal_attribution":"The investigating prosecutors' hedged attribution ('probably'); Vesti.bg relays the same press-centre statement (one origin). Technical basis not disclosed."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'пострадалата жена последвала посочените в репортажа линкове. Веднага получила обаждане чрез приложение „Вайбър“ от лице, представило се за мениджър на компанията'; 'Пострадалата се доверила и чрез няколко трансакции извършила банков превод на общата сума от 33 000 евро. Впоследствие комуникацията с нея била преустановена.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Жената се доверила и чрез няколко транзакции извършила банков превод на общата сума от 33 000 евро.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Prosecutors say she followed the links in the report, was immediately called on Viber by a person who presented as the company's manager, and on that person's instructions transferred a total of 33,000 euros in several transactions, after which communication stopped.","causal_attribution":"Prosecution account of the complaint; one origin."},{"id":"c3","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'Разследването по делото продължава под наблюдението на Районна прокуратура-Плевен'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Prosecutors say the investigation continues under the Pleven District Prosecutor's Office to establish the facts and identify those responsible.","causal_attribution":"Directly established by the prosecutors' own release."}],"effects":[{"label":"33,000 euros lost to an investment fraud reached through a social-media report","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://prb.bg/bg/news/aktualno/78561-v-rayonna-prokuratura-pleven-se-vodi-razsledvane-za-nov-vid-izmama%2C-realizirana-","kind":"official_statement","access":"read","language":"bg","translation_note":"Read in Bulgarian by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-27 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Pleven District Prosecutor's Office release on the Prosecutor's Office of Bulgaria website, 12 June 2026; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"prb-pleven-release-12-jun-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.vesti.bg/bulgaria/video-ot-izkustven-intelekt-izmami-zhena-da-dade-33-000-evro-6262242","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"bg","translation_note":"Read in Bulgarian by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-27 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. National news site relaying the prosecution press centre, 12 June 2026; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"prb-pleven-release-12-jun-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance"],"unknowns":["Who the presenter and the political leader shown in the report are (the release does not name them).","Which social network, platform, bank account and tool were involved.","How the prosecutors concluded that the report was probably AI-generated.","When the report was seen and when the transfers were made.","Whether any suspect has been identified or any money recovered."],"geography":{"basis":"The release says the woman lives in Pleven province, Bulgaria, and that the report advertised a programme in Bulgaria; it does not say where she was when she watched it or made the transfers, or where the receiving account was, so no event country is recorded.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["BG"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the investigating prosecutors attribute the social-media report that misled the woman, showing a television presenter and a political leader promoting an investment, to probable AI generation, and connect it to her 33,000-euro loss. AI involvement is recorded as suspected because the release says 'probably'. The woman is not named and her age is omitted.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-27"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Pleven District Prosecutor's Office, which is leading the investigation, says in its own release that the woman was misled by a social-media report, probably generated by artificial intelligence, in which a television presenter and a political leader appeared to promote an investment programme; its headline says the report used their voices and faces. That generated report is what led her to the links and the caller who obtained her 33,000 euros. The status is suspected because the release hedges ('probably') and does not disclose how the prosecutors reached the conclusion or name the tool.","status":"suspected"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Pleven, Bulgaria: prosecutors say woman lost 33,000 euros after a probably AI-generated social-media report of a TV host and a politician touting an investment","summary":"The Pleven District Prosecutor's Office in Bulgaria announced on 12 June 2026 that it was leading an investigation after a woman living in Pleven province reported an investment fraud. According to the prosecutors, she had been misled by a report broadcast on a social network, probably generated by artificial intelligence, in which a popular television presenter and a political leader promoted, in an interview, an investment programme supposedly introduced in Bulgaria. The release's headline says the report used the voices and faces of the two people. She followed the links in the report, was immediately called on Viber by a person who presented as the company's manager, and, on that person's instructions, transferred a total of 33,000 euros in several transactions of up to 10,000 euros each, after which contact stopped. The prosecutors do not say how they concluded that the report was AI-generated, do not name the people shown and report no suspect.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-06-12","aiSystem":"Social-media video report showing a popular television presenter and a political leader promoting an investment programme, which the Pleven prosecutors say was probably generated by artificial intelligence with their voices and faces; no tool is named","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool (suspected)","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Prosecutors say the woman transferred 33,000 euros in several transactions on a caller's instructions and lost the money.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the woman described in the Pleven prosecutors' release of 12 June 2026, who lost 33,000 euros. The depicted presenter and politician have no reported response and are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"BG","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://prb.bg/bg/news/aktualno/78561-v-rayonna-prokuratura-pleven-se-vodi-razsledvane-za-nov-vid-izmama%2C-realizirana-","primarySourceLabel":"Prosecutor's Office of Bulgaria, 12 June 2026: Pleven District Prosecutor's Office investigates a new type of fraud via a social-media report","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-27T03:07:21.356678+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-27T03:07:21.356678+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["investment_fraud","fake_celebrity_video","bulgaria"]},{"id":"2026-gauting-bavaria-police-say-man-presumably-lured-by-ai-image-of-tv-presenter-in-banner-ad-lost-25000-euros","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'auf der Website eines großen deutschen Nachrichtenmagazins online auf ein Werbebanner mit einer Geldanlage aufmerksam geworden zu sein und anschließend darauf geklickt zu haben.'; 'eines durch KI generierten Bildes einer bekannten Fernsehmoderatorin in Verbindung mit einer lukrativen Anlagestrategie geködert worden.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Vermutlich wurde er durch die Kombination eines per Künstlicher Intelligenz erzeugten Bildes einer bekannten Fernsehmoderatorin mit einer vermeintlich lukrativen Anlagestrategie geködert.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Police say the complainant said he clicked an investment banner advertisement on the website of a large German news magazine, and that he was presumably lured by the combination of an AI-generated image of a well-known television presenter with a lucrative investment strategy.","causal_attribution":"The police's presumptive attribution; Merkur relays the same police statement (one origin). Technical basis not disclosed."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'wurde er in der Folgezeit (ab 04.06.26 bis September von insgesamt vier weiblichen Anrufern kontaktiert.'; 'zu vier Zahlungen im Gesamtwert von über 25.000 Euro an ausländische Konten in Bulgarien, Malta und Litauen anleiten.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'wurde er in der Folge von vier Anruferinnen kontaktiert.'; 'zwischen dem 4. Juni und September zu insgesamt vier Zahlungen an, die er auf ausländische Konten in Bulgarien, Malta und Litauen überwies.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Police say four women callers contacted him from 4 June 2026 until September and led him to make four payments totalling more than 25,000 euros to accounts in Bulgaria, Malta and Lithuania.","causal_attribution":"Police account from the complaint; one origin."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Nach Rücksprache mit seiner Hausbank ist eine Rückbuchung von den vier ausländischen IBAN-Konten nicht möglich, da er die Überweisungen selbst autorisiert hatte'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Police say his bank could not reverse the transfers because he had authorised them himself.","causal_attribution":"Police account of the bank's position."}],"effects":[{"label":"more than 25,000 euros lost to an investment fraud reached through a banner advertisement","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.unser-wuermtal.de/nachrichten/polizeiberichte/artikel/gautinger-faellt-auf-dubiose-geldanlage-herein.html","kind":"official_statement","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read in German by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-16 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Gauting police report reproduced on a local news site ('Quelle: Polizei Gauting'), 2 October 2026; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"polizei-gauting-report-2-oct-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.merkur.de/lokales/starnberg/gauting-ort69895/werbebanner-angeklickt-25-000-euro-weg-gautinger-faellt-auf-trading-betrug-herein-94524104.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read in German by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-16 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Regional newspaper report relaying the Gauting police report and its inspection head, 4 October 2026; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"polizei-gauting-report-2-oct-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance"],"unknowns":["Which presenter, news magazine website, trading platform and image tool were involved.","How the police concluded that the image was AI-generated.","Who the callers were and whether any suspect has been identified.","The exact amount of each payment and the date of the last one."],"geography":{"basis":"The complaint was made to the Gauting police in Bavaria, Germany, about an advert on a German news magazine's website; the payments went to accounts in Bulgaria, Malta and Lithuania, which are destinations of the money and not event locations.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["DE"],"affected_person_countries":["DE"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the investigating police say an AI-generated image of a well-known television presenter in a banner advertisement presumably lured the man to the fraudulent platform, connecting it to his loss of more than 25,000 euros. The AI involvement is recorded as suspected because the police wording is presumptive. The man is not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-16"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Gauting police, who took the man's complaint, say he was presumably lured by the combination of an AI-generated image of a well-known television presenter with a lucrative investment strategy in a banner advertisement he clicked, which led him to the trading platform whose callers obtained his payments. The generated image of the presenter was part of the advertisement shown to him. The police wording is presumptive and they do not disclose how they concluded that the image was AI-generated or name the tool.","status":"suspected"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Gauting, Bavaria: police say a man presumably lured by an AI-generated image of a TV presenter in a banner ad lost more than 25,000 euros to investment fraud","summary":"The Gauting police inspection in Bavaria, Germany, reported on 2 October 2026 that a man had filed a complaint after realising he had been the victim of investment fraud. According to the police report, he said he had clicked on an advertising banner for an investment on the website of a large German news magazine, and the police say he was presumably lured by the combination of an AI-generated image of a well-known television presenter with a supposedly lucrative investment strategy. After he entered his email address and phone number on the trading platform, four women callers contacted him from 4 June 2026 until September and led him to make four payments totalling more than 25,000 euros to accounts in Bulgaria, Malta and Lithuania. His bank could not reverse the transfers because he had authorised them himself. The police do not say how they concluded that the image was AI-generated, and the presenter is not named in the police report.","incidentDate":"2026-06-01","incidentEndDate":"2026-09-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-10-02","aiSystem":"AI-generated image of a well-known television presenter in an online investment banner advertisement, according to the Gauting police, who say the man was presumably lured by it; no tool is named","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool (suspected)","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Police say the man made four payments totalling more than 25,000 euros to foreign accounts that his bank could not reverse.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the complainant described in the Gauting police report, who lost more than 25,000 euros.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"DE","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.unser-wuermtal.de/nachrichten/polizeiberichte/artikel/gautinger-faellt-auf-dubiose-geldanlage-herein.html","primarySourceLabel":"Unser Würmtal (Gauting police report), 2 October 2026: Gauting man falls for dubious investment","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-16T03:04:49.493105+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T03:04:49.493105+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["investment_fraud","fake_celebrity_ad","ai_generated_image","germany"]}]}