{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-06T09:25:14.878Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"consent","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"2022","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":2,"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":"2022-seoul-police-officer-ai-nude-composites-of-acquaintances-telegram-arrest","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'서울 동대문경찰서 소속 경장 ㄱ씨는 성착취물·허위 영상물 소지 및 허위 영상물 제작·반포 등 혐의로 지난달 구속됐다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'서울 동대문경찰서 교통과 소속 20대 경장은 성착취물과 허위 영상물을 만들어 퍼뜨린 혐의로 지난달 구속됐습니다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"A senior police officer (경장) of Seoul's Dongdaemun Police Station was arrested in September 2026 on charges including possession of sexual exploitation material and fake videos and the making and distribution of fake videos.","causal_attribution":"Arrest and charges as reported from police information; no court finding."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'2022년 3월부터 올해 7월까지 AI 애플리케이션을 이용해 지인을 나체로 합성한 허위 영상물 400여 개를 직접 제작했다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'AI 앱으로 지인의 신체를 합성한 허위 영상물 4백여 개를 만드는 등 상습적으로 범행을 이어온 것으로 드러났습니다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'인공지능 애플리케이션을 이용해 지인의 신체를 합성한 허위 영상물 400여개를 제작하고'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Using artificial intelligence, the officer even fabricated about 400 nude images of people he knew between March 2022 and July this year'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"According to police, from March 2022 to July 2026 the officer used an AI application to make about 400 fake videos compositing acquaintances as nude.","causal_attribution":"Police allegation as reported; the officer is reported to have confessed to most charges, but no court has ruled."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'지난해 8월부터 지난 4월까지 허위영상물 가운데 일부를 텔레그램 대화방 등을 통해 유포한 혐의도 적용됐다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'지난해 8월부터 올해 4월까지 텔레그램 대화방에 허위 영상물 수십 개를 유포한 혐의도 받고 있다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The officer is also accused of spreading some of the fake videos in Telegram chat rooms between August 2025 and April 2026; Yonhap's account puts the number at several dozen.","causal_attribution":"Charge as reported from police information."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'앞서 부산경찰청은 지난해 12월 허위 영상물이 유포되는 텔레그램 대화방을 수사하기 위해 법원으로부터 신분 위장 수사 허가를 받았다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'수개월에 걸쳐 추적한 끝에 A 경장을 특정했다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Busan Metropolitan Police obtained court permission in December 2025 for an undercover investigation of a Telegram room where fake videos were spread, and identified the officer after several months.","causal_attribution":"Investigation history as reported."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'허위 영상물 2천600여개, 아동·청소년 성 착취물 1천600여개, 불법 촬영물 1천300여개 등 총 5천600여개에 달하는 불법 영상물이 발견됐다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Yonhap reports that a search of the officer's devices found about 2,600 fake videos, about 1,600 items of child and adolescent sexual exploitation material and about 1,300 illegally filmed items.","causal_attribution":"Item counts from the device search as reported; they are not counts of people, and the reports do not say which of the child and adolescent material, if any, was AI-made."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'수사 개시 통보 직후 대기 발령 조처됐으며, 구속 이후 직위 해제됐다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'지난달 구속영장이 발부되자 직위해제했다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The officer was placed on standby after the station was notified of the investigation and was removed from post after the arrest.","causal_attribution":"Employment action as reported by the station."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'부산경찰청 사이버범죄수사대는 청소년성보호법과 성폭력처벌법 위반 혐의로 서울 동대문경찰서 교통과 소속 20대 A 경장을 지난달 구속했다고 4일 밝혔다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"Busan Metropolitan Police cyber crime investigation unit said on 4 October 2026 that it had detained the officer the previous month on charges under the youth sex protection act and the sexual violence punishment act.","causal_attribution":"Police statement as reported by Busan Ilbo; no court finding is reported."},{"id":"c8","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'SNS 등에 공개된 사진을 이용해 AI 기반 허위 영상물 400여 건을 제작한 혐의를 받는다'; '이 가운데 50여 건을 텔레그램 등 인스턴트 메신저를 통해 유포한 것으로 조사됐다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"According to Busan Ilbo, police say the officer made the roughly 400 AI-based fake videos from photographs that had been posted publicly on social media and elsewhere, and spread about 50 of them through Telegram and other messengers.","causal_attribution":"Police account as reported by one outlet in the shared police chain; the other outlets say several dozen were spread and do not describe the source photographs."},{"id":"c9","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'당시 압수수색 영장에 적시된 범죄사실은 허위 영상물 3개를 유포했다는 내용이었던 것으로 알려졌다'; '모두 5600여 개의 불법 영상물을 소지한 것으로 조사됐다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'당시 영장에 적시된 범죄사실은 허위영상물 3개를 유포한 혐의였지만'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s8"}],"assertion":"The search warrant recited the distribution of three fake videos, and analysis of the seized devices found about 5,600 illegal items in total.","causal_attribution":"Police account as reported; both outlets are in the shared police chain."},{"id":"c10","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'8월 부산경찰청으로부터 수사 개시 통보를 접수한 직후 A씨에게 대기발령 조처를 내렸고, 구속영장이 발부된 다음 날인 지난달 17일 직위해제 처분을 내렸다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"}],"assertion":"Dongdaemun Police Station said it placed the officer on standby in August 2026 immediately after Busan police notified it of the investigation, and removed the officer from post on 17 September 2026, the day after the detention warrant was issued.","causal_attribution":"The station statement as quoted by Women News on 5 October 2026; the article gives the removal date as the 17th of last month."},{"id":"c11","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'경찰은 압수한 디지털 자료를 토대로 추가 피해자와 제작·유포 규모 등을 수사하고 있습니다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s8"}],"assertion":"OBC News reports that police are investigating further victims and the scale of making and distribution on the basis of the seized digital material.","causal_attribution":"One outlet in the shared police chain."},{"id":"c12","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'과거 기소유예 처분받은 범행이 경찰관 결격 사유에 해당하지 않아 A 경장에 대한 범죄 전력이 조회되지 않은 것으로 보고 있다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"Busan Ilbo reports that police believe the earlier offence that ended in a suspended indictment was not a disqualification for appointment as a police officer, so the record did not come up at appointment.","causal_attribution":"Police view as reported by one outlet."},{"id":"c13","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'지난달 18일 구속 송치했다고 4일 밝혔다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s9"},{"locator":"'지난달 18일 구속 송치했다고 4일 밝혔다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s10"}],"assertion":"Dong-A Ilbo reports that Busan Metropolitan Police said on 4 October 2026 that they had referred the officer to prosecutors in detention on 18 September 2026.","causal_attribution":"Procedural step reported from the police statement; one reporting chain."},{"id":"c14","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'지난달 16일 성착취물·허위영상물 소지와 허위영상물 제작·반포 등의 혐의로 구속됐다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s12"}],"assertion":"AI News reports, citing police, that the officer was detained on 16 September 2026.","causal_attribution":"Procedural date reported by one outlet."},{"id":"c15","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'2023년 12월 31일 경찰에 임용된'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s9"}],"assertion":"Dong-A Ilbo reports that the officer was appointed to the police on 31 December 2023.","causal_attribution":"Employment date reported by one outlet; other outlets in the chain differ."},{"id":"c16","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'입직 전인 2020년에도 성폭력범죄의 처벌 등에 관한 특례법 위반(카메라등이용촬영 등) 혐의로 기소유예 처분을 받은 전력이 있는 것으로 알려졌다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s9"},{"locator":"'경찰에 임용되기 전인 2020년에는 불법촬영 혐의로 기소유예 처분을 받은 전력이 있는 것으로 확인됐다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s11"}],"assertion":"In 2020, before joining the police, the officer received a suspended indictment on an illegal-filming charge under the sexual violence punishment act, according to Dong-A Ilbo and Jaekyung Ilbo.","causal_attribution":"Prior record reported within one police-derived chain; no prosecution record was read."},{"id":"c17","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'기소유예 처분은 현행 경찰공무원법상 임용 결격사유에 해당하지 않아 채용 과정에서 걸러내지 못한 것으로 드러났다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s9"},{"locator":"'기소유예는 법원의 형 선고가 아닌 검사의 처분으로 범죄경력 조회 범위에 포함되지 않아 채용 과정에서 확인되지 않았다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s10"}],"assertion":"Dong-A Ilbo reports that a suspended indictment is not a disqualification for appointment under the Police Officials Act, so the record was not caught at hiring; Korea Police News reports that it is a prosecutor's disposition rather than a court sentence and falls outside the criminal-record check.","causal_attribution":"Outlets' account of the hiring rules; no hiring record was read."}],"effects":[{"label":"depicted without consent in AI-made nude composite videos, some spread in Telegram chat rooms","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://v.daum.net/v/20261004103658480","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ko","translation_note":"Hankyoreh article relayed on Daum, read in Korean on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Cites police ('경찰에 따르면').","independence_group":"kr-police-account-dongdaemun-officer"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://v.daum.net/v/20261004104430593","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ko","translation_note":"Gyeonggi Ilbo article relayed on Daum, read in Korean on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Relays the Yonhap wire report, which cites the police investigation.","independence_group":"kr-police-account-dongdaemun-officer"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.mt.co.kr/index.php/amp/society/2026/10/04/2026100410215210921","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ko","translation_note":"Money Today (AMP page), read in Korean on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Relays the News1 wire report.","independence_group":"kr-police-account-dongdaemun-officer"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://v.daum.net/v/20261004112212209","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ko","translation_note":"MBC article relayed on Daum, read in Korean on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Cites police.","independence_group":"kr-police-account-dongdaemun-officer"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/amp/southkorea/society/20261004/police-officer-arrested-for-fabricating-distributing-sexually-exploitative-images","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Yonhap English report carried by The Korea Times (AMP page), read on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Same Yonhap chain as s2; it renders the material as nude images.","independence_group":"kr-police-account-dongdaemun-officer"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://www.busan.com/view/busan/view.php?code=2026100414001994183","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ko","translation_note":"Busan Ilbo, 4 October 2026, read in Korean on 2026-10-05 (HTTP 200). English renderings in this record are the research agent's (an AI's) own translations; no human translator reviewed them. Reports the Busan Metropolitan Police cyber crime investigation unit statement of 4 October; same police chain as s1 to s5.","independence_group":"kr-police-account-dongdaemun-officer"},{"id":"s7","url":"https://www.womennews.co.kr/news/articleViewAmp.html?idxno=282930","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ko","translation_note":"Women News (여성신문), 5 October 2026, AMP page read in Korean on 2026-10-05 (HTTP 200). English renderings in this record are the research agent's (an AI's) own translations; no human translator reviewed them. Relays the police findings and quotes a Dongdaemun Police Station statement; same police chain.","independence_group":"kr-police-account-dongdaemun-officer"},{"id":"s8","url":"http://www.theonetv.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=253845","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ko","translation_note":"OBC News, 4 October 2026, read in Korean on 2026-10-05 (HTTP 200). English renderings in this record are the research agent's (an AI's) own translations; no human translator reviewed them. Relays the same police account.","independence_group":"kr-police-account-dongdaemun-officer"},{"id":"s9","url":"https://v.daum.net/v/20261005014358562","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ko","translation_note":"Dong-A Ilbo article relayed on Daum, 5 October 2026, read in Korean on 2026-10-06 (HTTP 200). English renderings in this record are the research agent's (an AI's) own translations; no human translator reviewed them. Reports the Busan police statement of 4 October; same police chain as s1 to s8.","independence_group":"kr-police-account-dongdaemun-officer"},{"id":"s10","url":"https://www.koreapolicenews.com/2211762","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ko","translation_note":"Korea Police News, indexed 5 October 2026 (Korea time), read in Korean on 2026-10-06 (HTTP 200). English renderings in this record are the research agent's (an AI's) own translations; no human translator reviewed them. Its account repeats Dong-A Ilbo's sentences closely; treated as the same police chain. The page shows an input stamp of 6 October 2026 12:54 KST, later than the fetch; Google News indexed the item at 20:52 UTC on 4 October 2026 (5 October in Korea), so the label uses the indexed date.","independence_group":"kr-police-account-dongdaemun-officer"},{"id":"s11","url":"https://news.jkn.co.kr/post/1008155","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ko","translation_note":"Jaekyung Ilbo, 5 October 2026, read in Korean on 2026-10-06 (HTTP 200). English renderings in this record are the research agent's (an AI's) own translations; no human translator reviewed them. Same police chain.","independence_group":"kr-police-account-dongdaemun-officer"},{"id":"s12","url":"https://www.ainews1.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=37261","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ko","translation_note":"AI News (ainews1.co.kr), 4 October 2026, read in Korean on 2026-10-06 (HTTP 200). English renderings in this record are the research agent's (an AI's) own translations; no human translator reviewed them. Cites police; same police chain.","independence_group":"kr-police-account-dongdaemun-officer"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","relationships","justice"],"unknowns":["How many acquaintances were depicted and whether any were minors.","Whether any depicted person knew of the material or has made a statement.","Which AI application was used.","When the officer joined the police: December 2023 (Hankyoreh, MBC; Dong-A Ilbo gives 31 December 2023) or April 2024 (Yonhap, News1).","Whether any of the child and adolescent exploitation material found on the devices was AI-made.","When the officer was identified: Busan Ilbo says the officer was identified and booked in July 2026, Women News that the distributor was identified in August 2026.","The detention date is not taken from a court record: AI News gives 16 September 2026, and Women News and Dong-A Ilbo say the officer was removed from post on 17 September, the day after the detention warrant was issued."],"geography":{"basis":"The officer served at Seoul's Dongdaemun Police Station and was identified by Busan Metropolitan Police after an undercover investigation of a Telegram room; Korean police and a detention warrant are reported. Where the acquaintances live is not stated.","court_countries":["KR"],"event_countries":["KR"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): police say a serving officer used an AI application to make nude composite videos of acquaintances from their photographs and spread some in Telegram chat rooms, and the officer was detained and referred to prosecutors. All sources carry one police-derived reporting chain; neither the officer nor any depicted person is named. Reviewed again on 2026-10-06 with four further Korean reports of 4 and 5 October 2026 (Dong-A Ilbo via Daum, Korea Police News, Jaekyung Ilbo, AI News), which add the referral to prosecutors on 18 September, a detention date, an appointment date and the 2020 suspended indictment.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-06"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Police, as reported by Hankyoreh, MBC, Yonhap and News1, say the officer used an AI application to composite acquaintances into nude fake videos. The acquaintances were depicted in the AI output (depicted_or_impersonated). The application is not named and no forensic detail is reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Seoul police officer detained and referred to prosecutors after police say the officer used an AI app to make about 400 nude composites of acquaintances","summary":"Korean outlets reported on 4 October 2026, citing police, that a senior police officer (경장) in the traffic division of Seoul's Dongdaemun Police Station was arrested in September 2026 on charges including making and distributing fake sexual videos and possessing sexual exploitation material. According to police, from March 2022 to July 2026 the officer used an AI application to make about 400 fake videos compositing acquaintances' bodies as nude, and from August 2025 to April 2026 spread some of them in Telegram chat rooms. Busan police identified the officer after an undercover investigation of a Telegram room that began in December 2025. Busan Ilbo reports that the source photographs had been posted publicly on social media and that about 50 of the videos were spread. The acquaintances are not identified and their number is not reported. Dong-A Ilbo reported on 5 October 2026 that Busan police said the officer had been referred to prosecutors in detention on 18 September 2026; AI News puts the detention on 16 September. Dong-A Ilbo reports that the officer joined the police on 31 December 2023 and had received a suspended indictment in 2020 for an illegal-filming offence; Dong-A Ilbo and Korea Police News report that a suspended indictment is not a disqualification for appointment and was not caught at hiring.","incidentDate":"2022-03-01","incidentEndDate":"2026-07-31","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-04","aiSystem":"An AI application (not named) that police say the officer used to composite acquaintances' faces and bodies into nude fake images and videos ('허위 영상물'), as reported by Korean outlets","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Acquaintances of a Seoul police officer were depicted without consent in about 400 AI-made nude composite videos, some of which were spread in Telegram chat rooms, according to police as reported by Korean outlets.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"Police refer to acquaintances ('지인') composited in about 400 fake videos but give no number of people depicted; video counts are not person counts. The women secretly filmed and any children in the exploitation material are not counted because their number is not reported and that material is not described as AI-made. Unquantified, numeric placeholders 0.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"KR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://v.daum.net/v/20261004103658480","primarySourceLabel":"Hankyoreh via Daum, 4 October 2026: maker and distributor of sexual material using acquaintances' faces was a Dongdaemun police officer","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:08.406795+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T03:13:05.714974+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","non-consensual-imagery","sexual-deepfake","telegram","police-officer-accused","undercover-investigation","south-korea","seoul","depicted-or-impersonated"]}]}