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    {
      "id": "2026-leal-ai-impersonation-immigration-scam",
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        "claims": [
          {
            "id": "c1",
            "status": "corroborated",
            "evidence": [
              {
                "locator": "'his image and name and even his voice have been cloned with artificial intelligence to deceive desperate immigrants'; 'fake contracts bearing his firm's logo, forged signatures, websites that mimic his site... entirely fabricated immigration hearings'.",
                "relation": "supports",
                "source_id": "s1"
              },
              {
                "locator": "'criminals are creating fake videos using his image, voice and name'; the WhatsApp-to-Zelle/Venmo script.",
                "relation": "supports",
                "source_id": "s2"
              },
              {
                "locator": "'scammers have used AI to produce fake immigration hearings over Zoom to dupe immigrants'.",
                "relation": "supports",
                "source_id": "s4"
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            ],
            "assertion": "Criminals used AI to clone Ángel Leal's image, name, voice, signature and firm logo, producing fake videos, look-alike websites, forged contracts and fabricated Zoom hearings that offered immigration services (residency, citizenship 'without an exam', work permits) he never provided.",
            "causal_attribution": "Leal's own account, carried by four independent outlets."
          },
          {
            "id": "c2",
            "status": "corroborated",
            "evidence": [
              {
                "locator": "'some victims end up with deportation orders without having filed any real paperwork, believing their case was in progress'; payments via Zelle/Venmo/Cash App.",
                "relation": "supports",
                "source_id": "s2"
              },
              {
                "locator": "'It's gotten to the point where I literally have one to two people every day, all day, answering calls of people who have been defrauded or scammed'.",
                "relation": "supports",
                "source_id": "s4"
              },
              {
                "locator": "Leal describes the harm to 'other people's needs'; ABA/AILA describe victims paying scammers who impersonated lawyers.",
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                "source_id": "s1"
              }
            ],
            "assertion": "Immigrants were defrauded of money paying for services Leal never provided, and some ended up with deportation orders believing their cases were in progress.",
            "causal_attribution": "Reported by Leal and immigration-lawyer groups; individual victims are not named and the total is not quantified."
          },
          {
            "id": "c3",
            "status": "corroborated",
            "evidence": [
              {
                "locator": "'6,454 fake profiles linked to these scams have been taken down' since March.",
                "relation": "supports",
                "source_id": "s2"
              },
              {
                "locator": "'in June alone... they had taken down over 6,600 fake videos and profiles'; 'Leal has filed a report with the Doral Police Department.'",
                "relation": "supports",
                "source_id": "s4"
              }
            ],
            "assertion": "Leal changed his phone number, hired an anti-piracy firm that removed thousands of fake profiles and videos (about 6,454 since March per NBC Miami; more than 6,600 by June per WLRN), and reported the fraud to Doral police and federal authorities.",
            "causal_attribution": "Leal and his anti-piracy vendor, as reported; the two removal figures cover different windows."
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        "effects": [
          {
            "label": "attorney's identity cloned with AI and used to defraud immigrants; reputational harm and business disruption to him, financial and legal harm to victims",
            "claim_id": "c1",
            "direction": "negative"
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          {
            "id": "s1",
            "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/scammers-impersonate-immigration-lawyers-rcna348238",
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            "language": "en",
            "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-17 (datePublished 2026-06-04). NBC News national report; Leal interview, FTC/FBI context, ABA and AILA comment.",
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            "url": "https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/south-florida-immigration-lawyers-identity-cloned-with-artificial-intelligence/3817579/",
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            "language": "en",
            "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-17 (datePublished 2026-06-05). NBC6 South Florida; Leal interview, fake videos and WhatsApp/Zelle scheme; story translated from Spanish with an AI tool and editor-reviewed.",
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            "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/south-florida-immigration-attorney-says-ai-scammers-are-using-his-identity-to-target-immigrants/",
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            "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-17 via the Internet Archive capture 20260728171300 (CBS live returns HTTP 406); datePublished 2026-06-09. CBS News Miami; Leal interview, the $2,200 residency-video scheme, ~6,500 profiles removed.",
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            "url": "https://www.wlrn.org/immigration/2026-08-20/abogado-inmigracion-ai-scam-fraud",
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            "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-17 (datePublished 2026-08-20). WLRN Public Media; Leal realised the problem last October, one to two defrauded callers a day, 6,600+ removals in June, fake Zoom hearings, Doral police report.",
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          "No individual defrauded immigrant is named and the total amount lost is not established; the reported per-victim figure (about $4,820/$5,000) comes from a Latin Times headline not inspected in full.",
          "No arrests are reported and no defendant is identified.",
          "Whether the fabricated 'deportation orders' outcome affected specific named people is not established."
        ],
        "geography": {
          "basis": "Event: South Florida (Doral/Miami); Leal practises there and reported to Doral police (WLRN, NBC Miami). Affected people are immigrants in South Florida. No court proceeding established.",
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          "basis": "Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an AI-impersonation case with real harm: a named attorney's likeness and voice were cloned to defraud immigrants, causing him reputational and business harm and causing victims financial and reported legal harm. Four independent chains, including his own on-camera interviews; victim count left partial because individual victims are unquantified.",
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          "basis": "Leal and multiple outlets state that his real videos were manipulated with AI to clone his face and voice; NBC News, NBC Miami, CBS Miami and WLRN carry his account, and an anti-piracy firm documented thousands of AI-generated fake profiles. The specific AI tools are not named.",
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      "name": "Miami: scammers cloned immigration attorney Ángel Leal's face and voice with AI to defraud immigrants seeking legal help",
      "summary": "From around October 2025, criminals used AI to clone the image, voice, name, signature and firm logo of Ángel Leal, a long-established immigration attorney in Doral, Florida. They created fake videos, look-alike websites, forged contracts and even fabricated Zoom 'immigration hearings' to persuade immigrants to pay for legal services Leal never provided. Immigrants were defrauded of money, and some believed their cases were progressing when they were not; Leal received one to two defrauded callers a day, changed his phone number, hired an anti-piracy firm that removed thousands of fake profiles and videos, and reported the fraud to local police and federal authorities.",
      "incidentDate": "2025-10-01",
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      "incidentDatePrecision": "month",
      "exposurePattern": "repeated_interactions",
      "reportedDate": "2026-06-04",
      "aiSystem": "AI voice- and video-cloning / deepfake tools (not identified in the inspected reporting)",
      "severity": "medium",
      "verificationStatus": "credible",
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      "harmOutcomeSummary": "An immigration attorney's identity was cloned with AI and used to defraud immigrants, causing him reputational harm and business disruption (he changed his phone number and hired an anti-piracy firm) and causing defrauded immigrants financial loss, with some reportedly left facing deportation orders after believing their cases were progressing.",
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      "affectedCountEvidence": "One counted, identified harmed person: Ángel Leal, whose likeness and voice were cloned and whose practice was disrupted. An unquantified additional group of immigrants was defrauded (Leal reports one to two defrauded callers a day; one legal immigrant reportedly lost about $4,820 per a Latin Times headline not inspected in full); no reliable victim count is established, so the status is partial.",
      "victimAgeRange": "adult",
      "jurisdiction": "US",
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      "outcomeType": "investigation_opened",
      "outcomeStatus": "ongoing",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/scammers-impersonate-immigration-lawyers-rcna348238",
      "primarySourceLabel": "NBC News, 4 June 2026: Scammers impersonate immigration lawyers (Angel Leal interview; FTC/FBI context; ABA/AILA comment)",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2026-09-17T03:27:41.533841+00:00",
      "scopeVersion": "facts-v3",
      "tags": [
        "deepfake",
        "voice-clone",
        "impersonation",
        "immigration",
        "fraud",
        "united-states",
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    {
      "id": "2026-ahmedabad-ai-morphed-images",
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        "claims": [
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            "id": "c1",
            "status": "reported",
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              {
                "locator": "'for allegedly creating multiple fake social media accounts and uploading AI-generated morphed obscene images and videos of an Ahmedabad woman and her mother after she rejected his friendship request, according to a statement issued by the cybercrime police'; 'between Dec 2025 and April 2026'; 'forensic examination of the accused’s phone revealed the existence of eight to ten fake social media accounts created in the complainant’s name'; 'generated more than 100 AI-morphed images of the victim using various online tools and websites'",
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                "source_id": "s1"
              },
              {
                "locator": "'created at least three separate fake Instagram IDs and a YouTube channel in her name and uploaded obscene morphed photos of herself and her mother'; 'He then searched “AI Remove Clothes” on Google and uploaded these photographs on various websites. Using AI tools, he created morphed nude photographs and nude videos and uploaded them on these fake IDs. He also wrote obscene text and mentally harassed the complainant.'",
                "relation": "supports",
                "source_id": "s2"
              },
              {
                "locator": "'uploaded over 100 AI-generated nude photos and videos of her and her mother on social media platforms and YouTube channels'; 'He searched for AI Remove Clothes tools on Google and used different websites to create morphed nude images and videos'",
                "relation": "supports",
                "source_id": "s6"
              },
              {
                "locator": "'In total, he created over a hundred fake videos and images related to the victim, and within those six months, he created 8 to 10 fake social media accounts impersonating the complainant.'",
                "relation": "supports",
                "source_id": "s7"
              },
              {
                "locator": "'Eight to 10 more fake social media accounts in the complainant's name were found on his mobile phone. Investigation revealed that the accused had created over 100 AI-morphed pornographic images'",
                "relation": "supports",
                "source_id": "s3"
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            ],
            "assertion": "Between December 2025 and April 2026 the accused, after the woman declined his friendship, created fake accounts in her name (initially three Instagram accounts and a YouTube channel; eight to ten found across X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube on forensic examination of his phone), downloaded photographs of her and her mother, used \"AI remove clothes\" websites to produce morphed obscene images and videos of the two women, and posted them on the fake accounts with obscene captions; police say more than 100 AI-morphed images of the complainant were found (India Today and ANI put the figure as over 100 photos and videos of her and her mother).",
            "causal_attribution": "Police allegations from the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch (written statement, DCP briefing, ACP interview, officer quoted by ThePrint); the accused has not been tried."
          },
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            "status": "reported",
            "evidence": [
              {
                "locator": "'Based on the complaint, the person was booked in an FIR on April 6.'; 'A month-and-a-half later, the team apprehended'",
                "relation": "supports",
                "source_id": "s2"
              },
              {
                "locator": "'registered under Sections 78(2) and 356(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 66(C) and 67 of the Information Technology Act'",
                "relation": "supports",
                "source_id": "s1"
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              {
                "locator": "'was arrested by the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch after investigators tracked him through technical surveillance and human intelligence inputs'",
                "relation": "supports",
                "source_id": "s6"
              },
              {
                "locator": "'tracked him down in Delhi and arrested him on Wednesday under its new initiative, Mission Cyber Rakshika'",
                "relation": "supports",
                "source_id": "s5"
              },
              {
                "locator": "'A police team subsequently travelled to Delhi and arrested him there.'",
                "relation": "supports",
                "source_id": "s4"
              }
            ],
            "assertion": "The woman complained to the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police Station; an FIR was registered on 6 April 2026 under Sections 78(2) and 356(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 66(C) and 67 of the Information Technology Act; police traced the accused through technical surveillance and human intelligence and arrested him at his home in north-east Delhi (announced 28 May 2026, the arrest reported as the previous day) under the Branch's \"Mission Cyber Rakshika\" initiative.",
            "causal_attribution": "Police statements; the FIR date is reported by the Indian Express only."
          },
          {
            "id": "c3",
            "status": "reported",
            "evidence": [
              {
                "locator": "'He told her that he would ensure he reports these accounts, so nobody troubles her. He was just manipulating her, and trying to gain her sympathy,” said an officer probing the matter.'",
                "relation": "supports",
                "source_id": "s8"
              },
              {
                "locator": "'After doing this, he would contact the victim, assuring her that he would get her account reinstated. This went on for a total of five to six months'",
                "relation": "supports",
                "source_id": "s7"
              }
            ],
            "assertion": "The woman had confided in the accused about the fake accounts; police say he told her to keep quiet, claimed he was reporting the accounts and would get them removed, and manipulated her for sympathy for five to six months before the complaint.",
            "causal_attribution": "Police officers quoted by ThePrint and the DCP quoted by ANI."
          },
          {
            "id": "c4",
            "status": "reported",
            "evidence": [
              {
                "locator": "'The woman claimed she was “mentally harassed and defamed in the society, since her nude photographs and videos morphed with AI, with obscene texts written over it, are being shared online (sic),” a senior police officer from Ahmedabad Crime Branch’s Cyber Crime unit told ThePrint.'",
                "relation": "supports",
                "source_id": "s8"
              },
              {
                "locator": "'Police said the posts caused deep mental trauma and public humiliation for both the woman and her mother.'",
                "relation": "supports",
                "source_id": "s6"
              }
            ],
            "assertion": "The complainant told police she was mentally harassed and defamed in society by the morphed images; police said the posts caused deep mental trauma and public humiliation for her and her mother.",
            "causal_attribution": "The complainant's account as relayed by police; no independent impact evidence."
          },
          {
            "id": "c5",
            "status": "reported",
            "evidence": [
              {
                "locator": "'He also utilised AI to generate videos and explicit images, not only of the victim but also of her mother and maternal aunt, and posted them on these accounts'",
                "relation": "supports",
                "source_id": "s7"
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                "locator": "'uploaded obscene morphed photos of herself and her mother'",
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                "source_id": "s2"
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            ],
            "assertion": "The DCP said the AI images also depicted the woman's maternal aunt; the written police statement and the other reports mention only the woman and her mother.",
            "causal_attribution": "DCP briefing to ANI only."
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            "label": "AI-morphed obscene images and videos of a woman and her mother (more than 100 images found) posted for months on fake accounts impersonating the woman",
            "claim_id": "c1",
            "direction": "negative"
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          {
            "label": "the complainant reported mental harassment and defamation; police said both women suffered trauma and public humiliation",
            "claim_id": "c4",
            "direction": "negative"
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          {
            "id": "s1",
            "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/delhi-man-posts-100-obscene-ai-created-photos-of-ahmedabad-woman/articleshow/131377083.cms",
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            "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-19 (Times of India, Ahmedabad, TNN, 29 May 2026 edition, live). Reports the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch statement.",
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            "id": "s2",
            "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/delhi-man-ai-morph-pictures-videos-gujarat-woman-social-media-10712944/",
            "kind": "news_report",
            "access": "read",
            "language": "en",
            "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-19 from a Wayback Machine capture (live page 403). Indian Express Ahmedabad, 28 May 2026; quotes the Cyber Crime Branch statement verbatim and gives the FIR date.",
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            "id": "s3",
            "url": "https://www.etvbharat.com/en/state/gujarat-cyber-crime-branch-arrests-man-for-uploading-obscene-photos-videos-of-woman-and-her-mother-on-social-media-enn26052806767",
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            "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-19 (ETV Bharat, 28 May 2026, live). Same statement, with the investigating inspector quoted.",
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          {
            "id": "s4",
            "url": "https://english.gujaratsamachar.com/news/gujarat/over-100-ai-morphed-photos-fake-idsdelhi-man-held-for-online-harassment-of-ahmedabad-woman-mother-32482827453",
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            "language": "en",
            "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-19 (Gujarat Samachar English, 28 May 2026, live). IANS wire text of the same statement, also carried by The Statesman, Asia News Network, Mangalorean and others.",
            "independence_group": "cyber-crime-branch-statement"
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          {
            "id": "s5",
            "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/delhi-priest-creates-nudes-of-woman-using-ai-after-she-refuses-to-be-friends-on-instagram-11558612",
            "kind": "news_report",
            "access": "read",
            "language": "en",
            "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-19 from a Wayback Machine capture (live page 403). NDTV, 28 May 2026, citing IANS; gives the arrest day.",
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            "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/ai-generated-nude-photos-delhi-man-held-ahmedabad-influencer-mother-2918567-2026-05-28",
            "kind": "news_report",
            "access": "read",
            "language": "en",
            "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-19 (India Today, bylined, 28 May 2026, live). Quotes the Cyber Crime Branch ACP directly.",
            "independence_group": "india-today-acp"
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          {
            "id": "s7",
            "url": "https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/ahmedabad-police-under-mission-cyber-rakshika-arrests-27-year-old-delhi-based-religious-preacher-for-creating-fake-profile-of-gujarat-woman20260529083631/",
            "kind": "news_report",
            "access": "read",
            "language": "en",
            "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-19 (ANI, 29 May 2026, live). On-camera briefing by the Ahmedabad DCP; copied by Asianet Newsable.",
            "independence_group": "ani-dcp-briefing"
          },
          {
            "id": "s8",
            "url": "https://theprint.in/india/gujarat-womans-spiritual-friend-turns-stalker-held-for-posting-her-morphed-photos-online-for-months/2944720/",
            "kind": "news_report",
            "access": "read",
            "language": "en",
            "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-19 from a Wayback Machine capture of 1 June 2026 (live page answers a JavaScript challenge). ThePrint, bylined, 29 May 2026; quotes a senior Cyber Crime officer and investigators.",
            "independence_group": "theprint-officer"
          }
        ],
        "version": 1,
        "ai_roles": [
          "others_use"
        ],
        "contexts": [
          "relationships",
          "privacy",
          "justice"
        ],
        "unknowns": [
          "The AI websites or tools used are not named.",
          "The complainant's age: 24 (Indian Express) or 21 (ThePrint).",
          "Whether the maternal aunt was depicted (DCP briefing to ANI only).",
          "Whether the more-than-100 figure counts images only (police statement) or images and videos (India Today, ANI).",
          "Any charge sheet, bail decision or trial outcome; nothing later than 1 June 2026 was found.",
          "How far the material spread and whether the platforms removed it."
        ],
        "geography": {
          "basis": "Complainant in Ahmedabad, Gujarat; FIR at the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police Station; accused arrested in north-east Delhi (all sources). No court proceeding is reported in the inspected sources.",
          "court_countries": [],
          "event_countries": [
            "IN"
          ],
          "affected_person_countries": [
            "IN"
          ]
        },
        "publication": {
          "basis": "Restored under the 2026-09-15 charter as a harmful-artifact and impersonation case with identified (unnamed) depicted victims, a registered FIR and an arrest. Four police briefings read across separate outlets, all originating with the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch; claims recorded as reported. Original ID and first-publication timestamp preserved; incident dates corrected to the harassment period.",
          "reviewed_on": "2026-09-19"
        },
        "ai_involvement": {
          "basis": "The Cyber Crime Branch statement says the accused searched \"AI Remove Clothes\", uploaded the photographs to such websites and produced morphed images and videos with AI tools; police say forensic examination of his phone found more than 100 AI-morphed images. The specific tools are not named and the finding is a police allegation pending trial. The artifacts depicted the women and the fake accounts impersonated the complainant; no AI system interacted with them.",
          "status": "supported"
        },
        "person_relations": [
          "depicted_or_impersonated"
        ]
      },
      "name": "Ahmedabad, Gujarat: a 27-year-old Delhi man was arrested for posting AI-morphed obscene images and videos of a young woman and her mother (more than 100 images found) on fake accounts in her name after she declined his friendship, while posing as the friend reporting the fake accounts for her",
      "summary": "On 28 May 2026 the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch announced the arrest in north-east Delhi of a 27-year-old man who posts religious discourse videos online. Police allege that after meeting a young Ahmedabad woman with a public social-media profile through religious conversations on Instagram and being refused friendship, he stalked her online from December 2025 to April 2026, created fake accounts in her name (three Instagram accounts and a YouTube channel at first; eight to ten across X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube were found on his phone), downloaded photographs of her and her mother, used websites found by searching \"AI remove clothes\" to generate morphed obscene images and videos of the two women, and posted them with obscene captions to damage her reputation; investigators say more than 100 AI-morphed images of the complainant were found. Officers told ThePrint and ANI that she had confided in him about the accounts and that he told her to keep quiet and claimed to be reporting the accounts and getting hers reinstated. She complained to the Cyber Crime Police Station; an FIR was registered on 6 April 2026 under BNS Sections 78(2) and 356(2) and IT Act Sections 66(C) and 67, and the accused was traced through technical surveillance and arrested under the Branch's \"Mission Cyber Rakshika\" campaign. The complainant said she was mentally harassed and defamed; the DCP said the images also depicted her maternal aunt. Further investigation was under way; no charge sheet or court outcome was found.",
      "incidentDate": "2025-12-01",
      "incidentEndDate": "2026-04-06",
      "incidentKind": "bounded_series",
      "incidentDatePrecision": "range",
      "exposurePattern": "repeated_interactions",
      "reportedDate": "2026-05-28",
      "aiSystem": "Web-based AI \"remove clothes\" image-manipulation tools found via Google search (not named); used to morph photographs into obscene images and videos",
      "severity": "high",
      "verificationStatus": "credible",
      "harmCategories": [],
      "harmOutcomes": [
        "exploitation_or_abuse",
        "psychological_distress",
        "reputational_harm"
      ],
      "harmOutcomeSummary": "A young woman and her mother were depicted in AI-morphed obscene images and videos (more than 100 images found by police) posted for months on fake accounts impersonating the woman; she told police she was mentally harassed and defamed, and police said both women suffered trauma and public humiliation. The accused was arrested and booked; the case is pending.",
      "frameworkFacets": [],
      "causationStatus": "supported",
      "participantUsersAffectedMin": 0,
      "otherPeopleHarmedMin": 2,
      "affectedCountStatus": "documented_minimum",
      "affectedCountEvidence": "Two depicted people are reported in every chain: the complainant (also impersonated) and her mother. The DCP told ANI that a maternal aunt was also depicted, which no other source repeats, so the count is a documented minimum of 2. The accused is not counted.",
      "victimAgeRange": "adult",
      "jurisdiction": "IN",
      "platformType": "other",
      "outcomeType": "criminal_charges",
      "outcomeStatus": "ongoing",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/delhi-man-posts-100-obscene-ai-created-photos-of-ahmedabad-woman/articleshow/131377083.cms",
      "primarySourceLabel": "The Times of India (Ahmedabad), 29 May 2026: Delhi man creates fake accounts and uploads 100 obscene AI-generated photos of Ahmedabad woman (Cyber Crime Branch statement)",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2026-06-15T07:52:26.434751+00:00",
      "scopeVersion": "facts-v3",
      "tags": [
        "deepfake",
        "ai-undressing",
        "ncii",
        "impersonation",
        "stalking",
        "harassment",
        "india",
        "gujarat",
        "ahmedabad",
        "arrest",
        "depicted"
      ]
    }
  ]
}