{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-28T06:44:47.348Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"fake-illness","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","response":"regulatory","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":1,"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":"2026-shanghai-police-say-man-posted-ai-generated-videos-of-his-father-gravely-ill-to-borrow-1-7-million-yuan-from-friends","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'上海市公安局普陀分局白丽路派出所接报警称，报警人在线下找到了欠债人' ... '双方发生纠纷' ... '一并带至所内作进一步调查' ... '因涉嫌诈骗罪已被普陀警方依法刑事拘留'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'接警后，巡逻民警立即到场' ... '与三人为朋友关系'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Putuo police in Shanghai detained a man on suspicion of fraud after a caller reported on 16 October 2026 having found him over money he owed and that a dispute had broken out; officers brought three creditors, described by police as his friends, and the man to the station.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed by two outlets; one origin."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'又称“父亲患癌急需治疗”“父亲过世需丧葬费”，以此博取同情、继续向朋友们借钱。' ... '借款金额累计高达170余万元' ... '几乎全部都投入股市并亏损殆尽'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'先后以“技术投资”“结婚买房”“公司周转”等理由向三人频频借钱'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Police say that from 2019 the man borrowed from the friends on invented pretexts, later saying his father had cancer and then had died, and that the borrowing totalled more than 1.7 million yuan, nearly all lost on the stock market.","causal_attribution":"Police findings from transfer records and the man's confession, as relayed."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'嫌疑人用AI生成的父亲病重短视频截图' ... '如实供述了自己的犯罪事实' ... '为了增加骗局的可信度，他甚至还利用AI生成了父亲重病在床的短视频发布在朋友圈。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'甚至还利用AI技术生成了父亲重病在床的短视频发布在朋友圈'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Police say the man confessed, and that to make the scam more credible he used AI to generate short videos of his father gravely ill in bed and posted them on WeChat Moments.","causal_attribution":"Investigating police's account of the suspect's confession; a station officer is quoted by China News Service. The tool is not identified."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'2026年2月' ... '发布了自己在病床边照顾父亲的照片和影片' ... '8月17日，他称父亲已经去世，又继续向朋友们要钱。' ... '其父对此事不知情，相关照片、影片应为AI生成。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"A Hong Kong relay of the police account says that in February 2026 he posted photos and videos of himself caring for his father at a hospital bed, that on 17 August he said his father had died and kept asking friends for money, that his father knew nothing of it, and that the related photos and videos should be AI-generated.","causal_attribution":"HK01's relay, citing the police social-media account and a mainland report; the AI wording is hedged (should be AI-generated)."}],"effects":[{"label":"friends lent money on invented pretexts, including AI-generated videos of the suspect's father gravely ill; over 1.7 million yuan lost in total","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_34334887","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh-CN","translation_note":"Read in Chinese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-28; English renderings are the agent's own translation. ThePaper report of 26 Oct 2026 based on information from the Shanghai Public Security Bureau; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"shanghai-police-account-26-oct-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.chinanews.com.cn/sh/2026/10-26/10721156.shtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh-CN","translation_note":"Read in Chinese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-28; English renderings are the agent's own translation. China News Service report of 26 Oct 2026 relaying the Putuo police account and quoting a station officer; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"shanghai-police-account-26-oct-2026"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://global.hk01.com/%E5%A4%A7%E5%9B%BD%E5%B0%8F%E4%BA%8B/60403711/ai%E5%81%87%E9%80%A0%E7%88%B6%E4%BA%B2%E5%8D%A7%E5%BA%8A%E5%9B%BE%E8%B0%8E%E7%A7%B0%E6%82%A3%E7%99%8C%E5%8E%BB%E4%B8%96-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E7%94%B7%E4%B8%80%E4%BA%BA%E5%88%86%E9%A5%B06%E8%A7%92%E9%AA%97%E6%9C%8B%E5%8F%8B170%E4%B8%87","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh-CN","translation_note":"Read in Chinese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-28; English renderings are the agent's own translation. HK01 report of 26 Oct 2026 relaying the Shanghai police social-media account and a mainland outlet's interview; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"shanghai-police-account-26-oct-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","relationships"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool generated the videos.","How many people saw the videos and how much was lent after they were posted; the 1.7 million yuan total covers borrowing since 2019 on several pretexts.","How many people in total lent him money.","Whether he will be charged or the money repaid."],"geography":{"basis":"ThePaper and China News Service report that the case was handled by Putuo police in Shanghai after the creditors confronted the man there, so CN is recorded as the event country. The sources do not state where the friends live.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["CN"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): investigating police say a man confessed to using AI to generate videos of his father gravely ill in bed and posted them to make his borrowing pretext credible to friends, who lost money he put into the stock market. The AI attribution is the police account of the confession; the share of the losses that followed the videos is not reported.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-28"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The investigating Putuo police say the man confessed and that, to make his claim that his father was gravely ill credible to the friends he was borrowing from, he used AI to generate short videos of his father ill in bed and posted them on WeChat Moments; a station officer gave the same account to China News Service. A Hong Kong relay of the police account words the AI finding more cautiously, saying the photos and videos should be AI-generated. The police did not disclose the technical basis beyond the confession, and the tool is not identified.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Shanghai police say man posted AI-generated videos of his father gravely ill while borrowing over 1.7 million yuan from friends","summary":"Shanghai police said on 26 October 2026 that officers in Putuo district had detained a man on suspicion of fraud after police were called on 16 October to a dispute between him and people he owed money to; officers brought him and three creditors, whom police describe as his friends, to the station. According to the police account relayed by ThePaper and China News Service, from 2019 he had borrowed from classmates and friends on a series of false pretexts, later saying his father had cancer and then that his father had died, and the borrowing totalled more than 1.7 million yuan, nearly all lost on the stock market. Police said he confessed that every pretext was invented, and that to make the scam more credible he used AI to generate short videos of his father gravely ill in bed and posted them on his WeChat Moments feed; a Hong Kong relay of the police account words this more cautiously, saying the related photos and videos should be AI-generated, and adds that his father knew nothing of it. The tool used, how many people saw the videos and how much was borrowed after they were posted are not reported. The man is in criminal detention while the investigation continues.","incidentDate":"2026-02-01","incidentEndDate":"2026-10-16","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-10-26","aiSystem":"AI-generated short videos and photos showing the suspect's father gravely ill in bed, posted on WeChat Moments; tool not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Shanghai police say a man borrowed more than 1.7 million yuan from classmates and friends on invented pretexts since 2019, later claiming his father had cancer and had died, and that he posted AI-generated videos of his father gravely ill to make the story credible; the money was lost on the stock market. The share of the losses that followed the videos is not reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":3,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Three friends who reported the dispute to police and whom police describe as victims; police say classmates and friends were defrauded, so three is a lower bound. The sources do not say how many of them saw the AI videos.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"CN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_34334887","primarySourceLabel":"ThePaper, 26 Oct 2026: man used AI-generated videos of his father gravely ill and defrauded people of 1.7 million yuan","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-28T03:03:47.619885+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:13:38.991586+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-video","fraud","fake-illness","friends-and-classmates","wechat","police-statement","china","depicted-or-impersonated"]}]}