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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":"2025-jerusalem-police-say-three-boys-used-ai-to-make-nude-images-of-schoolgirls-from-social-media-photos","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"שלושה נערים בני 13 עד 15 מירושלים חשודים בהפצת תמונות אינטימיות של עשרות נערות, שנערכו באמצעות בינה מלאכותית.; השתמשו בתמונות מהרשתות החברתיות של תלמידות מבית ספרם, ערכו אותן באמצעות תוכנה של בינה מלאכותית, הפכו אותן לתמונות עירום - והפיצו אותן.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"המשטרה השלימה חקירה נגד שלושה תלמידים מבתי ספר בירושלים, החשודים בהפצת תמונות אינטימיות מזויפות של עשרות תלמידות.; השתמשו בתמונות שנלקחו מהרשת, ערכו אותן בטכנולוגיית AI והפיצו אותן ללא הסכמה.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Police say three boys aged 13 to 15 from Jerusalem took photos of girls from social media, edited them with AI software into nude images and distributed them without consent.","causal_attribution":"The police statement relayed by two outlets (one origin); the suspects had not been charged."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"לפחות 30 נערות נפגעו מהפצת התמונות האינטימיות שנערכו באמצעות בינה מלאכותית.; מדובר בעשרות מקרים של פגיעה בפרטיותן של נערות באמצעות הפצת תמונות עירום ברשת החברתית, תוך שנערכו באמצעות טכנולוגיית AI","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"מדובר בפרשה חמורה של פגיעה בפרטיות באמצעות טכנולוגיית AI.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Ynet reports at least 30 girls were harmed; police say investigators located dozens of victims, and the head of the investigating unit described dozens of cases of privacy violation through nude images edited with AI technology.","causal_attribution":"Ynet's figure and the police officer's description; one origin."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"בחיפוש שערכו השוטרים בביתם של החשודים, בין הממצאים שאותרו - נתפסו תמונות עירום ערוכות של מספר נערות.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A police search of the suspects' homes found edited nude images of several girls.","causal_attribution":"Police account as reported by Ynet."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"השלושה נחקרו בגין עבירה של פרסום תצלום של אדם המתמקד במיניותו בנסיבות שהפרסום עלול להשפיל ולבזות ולא ניתנה הסכמה.; בימים הקרובים יישקל אם להגיש נגדם כתב אישום.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"החקירה העלתה עשרות נפגעות מבתי ספר שונים ברחבי ירושלים, וכעת הפרשה עברה להכרעת הפרקליטות","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The three were questioned over publishing a sexual image of a person without consent in humiliating circumstances, and the case passed to prosecutors to decide whether to file indictments.","causal_attribution":"Police and an unnamed source as reported; no charging decision is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"girls' social-media photos allegedly edited with AI into nude images and distributed without consent","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/r10cvm8tke","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"he","translation_note":"Read live in Hebrew on 2026-10-22 (HTTP 200). English renderings in this record are the research agent's (an AI's) own translations; no human translator reviewed them. Ynet, 9 February 2025; reports the police statement and quotes the head of the youth investigations unit.","independence_group":"israel-police-statement-feb-2025"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.maariv.co.il/news/law/article-1171276","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"he","translation_note":"Read live in Hebrew on 2026-10-22 (HTTP 200). English renderings in this record are the research agent's (an AI's) own translations; no human translator reviewed them. Maariv, 9 February 2025; reports the same police statement and adds an unnamed source familiar with the investigation.","independence_group":"israel-police-statement-feb-2025"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["Whether indictments were filed and the outcome of any proceedings.","When the images were made and spread.","Which AI software was used and how the police established the AI editing.","The exact number of girls depicted; Ynet says at least 30, the police say dozens.","Whether the girls attended the suspects' school (Ynet) or several schools in the city (Maariv)."],"geography":{"basis":"The suspects and the girls are pupils in Jerusalem and the Jerusalem district police investigated (Ynet; Maariv). No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IL"],"affected_person_countries":["IL"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): Israel Police, who investigated, say three boys used AI software to edit girls' social-media photos into nude images and spread them, and Ynet reports at least 30 girls were harmed. The suspects had not been charged when reported; no suspect, victim or school is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-22"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Israel Police, who investigated the case and searched the suspects' homes, say the boys edited girls' social-media photos into nude images with artificial intelligence software, and the head of the investigating unit described nude images edited with AI technology (Ynet; Maariv). The generated images depict the girls (depicted_or_impersonated) and their distribution is the reported harm. How the police established the AI editing is not disclosed, and the software is not named.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Jerusalem police say three boys aged 13 to 15 used AI to turn social-media photos of schoolgirls into nude images and spread them; at least 30 girls harmed","summary":"Israel Police said in February 2025 that three boys aged 13 to 15 from Jerusalem were suspected of taking photos of girls from social media, editing them with artificial intelligence software into nude images and distributing them without consent. According to Ynet, at least 30 girls were harmed; police said investigators identified dozens of victims and that a search of the suspects' homes found edited nude images of several girls. The head of the Jerusalem district youth investigations unit described dozens of cases of girls' privacy being violated through nude images edited with AI technology. The three were questioned over publishing a sexual image without consent, and the case was passed to prosecutors to decide on charges.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-02-09","aiSystem":"AI software that the suspects allegedly used to edit girls' social-media photos into nude images, according to the police (not named)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to Israel Police as reported by Ynet and Maariv, three boys used AI to turn girls' social-media photos into nude images and spread them; Ynet reports at least 30 girls were harmed and police describe dozens of victims.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":30,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Ynet: 'at least 30 girls were harmed' by the distribution of the AI-edited images; police describe dozens of victims (Ynet; Maariv). Documented minimum 30. The suspects are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"IL","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/r10cvm8tke","primarySourceLabel":"Ynet, 9 February 2025: at least 30 girls harmed as Jerusalem boys questioned over AI-made nude images","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-22T03:21:38.781034+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T03:21:38.781034+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-sexual-images","sexual-images-of-minors","school","police-investigation","israel","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-israel-indictment-ai-animated-id-photos-fake-verification-videos-credit-cards-in-victims-names","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'במשך כחצי שנה'; 'שבמסגרתו התחזה ל-33 ישראלים לפחות, השתמש בעשרה קווי סלולר שונים, הנפיק כרטיסי אשראי על שמם וביצע באמצעותם רכישות בארץ ובחו\"ל'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the indictment as reported, over about half a year the defendant impersonated at least 33 Israelis, obtained credit cards in their names and used them for purchases in Israel and abroad.","causal_attribution":"Contents of the indictment as relayed by one outlet; allegations, not findings."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'סרטוני זיהוי פיקטיביים\" שיצר באמצעות בינה מלאכותית של הקורבנות, שבהם השתמש לצורך הנפקת כרטיסי האשראי'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the indictment as reported, investigators collected fictitious identification videos of the victims that the defendant created with AI and used to have the credit cards issued.","causal_attribution":"Indictment contents relayed by one outlet; the AI tool and its technical examination are not described."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'שלפי המשטרה הנפיש באמצעות AI תמונות מתעודות זהות, יצר סרטוני אימות מזויפים'; 'החשוד גזר את תמונות הפנים מתעודות הזהות והנפיש אותן באמצעות תוכנת בינה מלאכותית. בדרך זו יצר סרטונים שבהם נראה לכאורה בעל התעודה כשהוא מדבר ומוסר הצהרות הנדרשות כחלק מהליך הזיהוי מרחוק של חברות האשראי.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Maariv reports, attributing the account to police, that the suspect cut face photos from identity cards and animated them with AI software, producing videos in which the card holder appears to speak the declarations required for remote identification by card companies.","causal_attribution":"Maariv's account, attributed to police in its standfirst; the method paragraph itself is not inside the officer's quotation."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'חלק מהקורבנות נבהלו כאשר הוצגו בפניהם הסרטונים בחדרי החקירות. הם ראו את דמותם מדברת ומוסרת הצהרות שמעולם לא אמרו, לאחר שתמונה סטטית שלהם הונפשה באמצעות AI.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A police investigator said some of the people whose identities were used were frightened when the videos were shown to them in interrogation rooms, seeing themselves speak declarations they never made.","causal_attribution":"Police officer's description of the victims' reactions; no victim is quoted."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'בהיקף של כ-67 אלף שקלים וביצע גם ניסיונות חיוב נוספים בהיקף של יותר מ-56 אלף שקלים'; 'כל הקורבנות שנחקרו הכחישו כל קשר אליו, למספרי הטלפון שבהם השתמש או לכרטיסי האשראי שהונפקו על שמם'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the indictment as reported, purchases with the cards came to about 67,000 shekels, with further attempted charges of more than 56,000 shekels; the victims who were questioned denied any connection to the cards.","causal_attribution":"Indictment contents relayed by one outlet."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'במהלך השלב הגלוי של החקירה נדרשו החוקרים לאתר יותר מ-50 בני אדם שזהותם שימשה להנפקת הכרטיסים'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Police said investigators had to locate more than 50 people whose identities were used to issue the cards.","causal_attribution":"Police officer's figure to one outlet; differs from the indictment count of at least 33."},{"id":"c7","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'כתב אישום הוגש נגד בן 20'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'כתב אישום הוגש נגד'; 'בן 20'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"An indictment was filed against the defendant, a 20-year-old man.","causal_attribution":"The filing of the indictment is reported by two outlets drawing on different material (the indictment; police investigators)."},{"id":"c8","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'וב-16 ביולי הוגש נגדו כתב אישום בצירוף בקשה למעצר עד תום ההליכים'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The indictment was filed on 16 July with a request to hold him in custody until the end of proceedings.","causal_attribution":"One outlet."},{"id":"c9","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'יותר מחודש לאחר שנעצר עם נחיתתו בישראל'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"He had been arrested on landing in Israel more than a month before the indictment was filed.","causal_attribution":"One outlet."},{"id":"c10","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'מדובר בשיטת הונאה חריגה, שבה מרבית הקורבנות כלל לא ידעו כי נעשה שימוש בזהותם'; 'במקרה הזה חברות האשראי הן שזיהו את הפעילות, עצרו אותה וספגו את הנזק הכספי הישיר'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A police investigator said most of the people whose identities were used did not know it, and that the credit card companies detected the activity, stopped it and bore the direct financial loss.","causal_attribution":"Police officer's statement to one outlet; it qualifies the material harm to the people named on the cards."}],"effects":[{"label":"credit cards issued in their names through AI-made verification videos of them","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"frightened on seeing videos of themselves saying things they never said","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.maariv.co.il/news/law/article-1351507","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"he","translation_note":"Hebrew, read in the original; the English renderings in claims and public text were made by the research agent (an AI) and were not reviewed by a human translator. Maariv, 3 August 2026, read live (HTTP 200); quotes police investigators.","independence_group":"maariv-police-investigators-2026-08"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.i24news.tv/he/news/news/criminal/artc-92a74977","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"he","translation_note":"Hebrew, read in the original; the English renderings in claims and public text were made by the research agent (an AI) and were not reviewed by a human translator. i24NEWS, 19 July 2026; the page is a script shell, so the article text was read from the i24NEWS content API (HTTP 200). Reports the indictment.","independence_group":"i24news-indictment-2026-07"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","finance"],"unknowns":["The AI tool used and how investigators established that the videos were AI-made","The dates of the scheme, which the indictment as reported puts at about half a year, and so the year it began","Whether any of the people named on the cards bore costs; police said the card companies bore the direct financial loss","Whether any of the people depicted suffered further consequences, such as credit records or debt collection","The court's findings; the charges are allegations"],"geography":{"basis":"Israeli police investigated and filed the indictment, and the cards were issued by Israeli credit companies; i24NEWS describes the victims as Israelis. Some purchases were made abroad and the defendant was partly abroad (Cyprus and Thailand per i24NEWS), so other countries are not recorded as event countries.","court_countries":["IL"],"event_countries":["IL"],"affected_person_countries":["IL"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported case on two Hebrew reports with different origins: i24NEWS relays the indictment's account that the defendant used AI-made identification videos of at least 33 people to obtain credit cards in their names, and Maariv quotes a police investigator describing the AI animation of identity-card photos and the frightened reaction of some people shown the videos. The indictment's filing is corroborated; the AI use and the harms are allegations.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-13"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Two investigating-side accounts describe the AI output and its use: the indictment, as reported by i24NEWS, says investigators collected fictitious identification videos of the victims that the defendant created with artificial intelligence and used to have credit cards issued; Maariv reports, citing police, that the suspect animated face photos from identity cards with AI software so the card holders appeared to speak the verification declarations, and a police investigator told Maariv that victims shown the videos saw themselves speaking after a static photo of them was animated with AI. Those AI-made videos depicted the victims and were the means by which cards were issued in their names (depicted_or_impersonated). The tool and the technical basis of the attribution are not disclosed, and the court has made no finding.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Israel: indictment and police say a 20-year-old used AI-animated ID photos as fake verification videos to open credit cards in at least 33 people's names","summary":"According to an indictment filed on 16 July 2026 (date per Maariv), as reported by i24NEWS, a 20-year-old man impersonated at least 33 Israelis over about half a year, obtained credit cards in their names and used them for purchases of about 67,000 shekels in Israel and abroad, with attempted charges of more than 56,000 shekels more. Investigators collected fake identification videos of the victims that, according to the indictment as reported, he created with artificial intelligence and used to pass the card issuers' remote identification. Maariv reports, citing police, that the suspect cut the face photos from identity cards and animated them with AI software so that the card holder appeared to speak the required declarations. A police investigator told Maariv that investigators had to locate more than 50 people whose identities were used and that some victims were frightened when shown the videos of themselves in interrogation rooms. The victims who were questioned denied any connection to the cards. The investigator said most of them did not know their identities were being used and that the credit companies bore the direct financial loss. He was arrested on landing in Israel, did not cooperate with the investigation, and the prosecution asked for his detention until the end of proceedings.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-07-19","aiSystem":"AI software used, according to police as reported by Maariv, to animate face photos cut from identity cards into videos of the card holders speaking verification declarations; the indictment as reported by i24NEWS describes fictitious identification videos of the victims created with AI. The tool is not named.","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["other_material_harm","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the indictment as reported by i24NEWS, credit cards were issued in the names of at least 33 people through AI-made identification videos of them and used for about 67,000 shekels of purchases; a police investigator told Maariv that some of the people depicted were frightened when shown the videos of themselves, and that the credit companies bore the direct financial loss.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":33,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"At least 33 people impersonated, per the indictment as reported by i24NEWS (\"at least 33 Israelis\"); each had credit cards issued in their name. The police investigator's figure of more than 50 people whose identities were used (Maariv) is the police figure for people whose identities were used and is recorded but not adopted as the minimum, because it differs from the indictment count. The victim of the separate SIM-swap count and the merchant are not counted, because those counts do not involve AI. None of the people counted used the AI.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"IL","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.maariv.co.il/news/law/article-1351507","primarySourceLabel":"Maariv, 3 August 2026: impersonated dozens of victims using AI and issued credit cards in their names","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-13T03:15:02.058542+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-13T03:15:02.058542+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["identity-impersonation","identity-verification-bypass","ai-animated-photos","credit-cards","criminal-charges","hebrew-language"]},{"id":"2026-italy-fideuram-chairman-ai-cloned-lawyer-voice-ceo-impersonation-fraud","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'Il 23 febbraio scorso, Molesini era stato contattato con un \"messaggio WhatsApp\" da un \"soggetto che, pur chiamandolo da un numero diverso da quello a lui noto, affermava di essere Carlo Messina, Ceo di Intesa\".'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Tutto precipita in una manciata di ore di febbraio 2026, quando Molesini, allora presidente di Fideuram, riceve (in realtà crede di ricevere, come amaramente si renderà conto di lì a poco) un messaggio WhatsApp da Carlo Messina, amministratore della capogruppo Banca Intesa.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'veniva contattato sul proprio cellulare aziendale, tramite messaggio Whatsapp da un soggetto che, pur chiamandolo da un numero diverso da quello a lui noto, affermava essere Carlo Messina.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'La truffa ai danni di Fideuram, secondo la ricostruzione contenuta in un decreto di sequestro del Tribunale di Milano, comincia il 23 febbraio 2026.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"}],"assertion":"On 23 February 2026 Molesini, then chairman of Fideuram, received a WhatsApp message from a number different from the one he knew, from someone claiming to be Intesa Sanpaolo CEO Carlo Messina, announcing that a lawyer would call him to conclude a confidential acquisition of an international bank through Fideuram.","causal_attribution":"ANSA and Il Fatto Quotidiano quote the investigating judge's decree; Corriere reconstructs the same contact from the court papers. Messina is described by all sources as extraneous to the scheme."},{"id":"c2","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'Quell'avvocato, con voce finta creata con l'IA, poi lo contattò e gli fece firmare, con \"undici\" documenti inviati, \"un accordo di massima riservatezza\" e con procura speciale all'apparenza \"sottoscritta\" da Messina.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'È un avvocato d’affari che Moresini conosce, e se la voce gli sembra proprio quella è perché i truffatori l’hanno replicata ad arte con strumenti di intelligenza artificiale.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Nella stessa giornata un avvocato dello studio A&O Sherman chiama Molesini, ma è sempre l’IA che sta parlando.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Con l'intelligenza artificiale era stata riprodotta la voce di Carlo Messina.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'C’è infine una tecnica che potrebbe aver contribuito alla truffa, ma sulla quale gli atti non offrono ancora una risposta: la possibile imitazione della voce.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s7"}],"assertion":"The same day a caller presenting as a lawyer of A&O Shearman whom Molesini knew, in a voice that ANSA, Il Fatto Quotidiano and Corriere della Sera describe as created with artificial intelligence, had him sign a confidentiality agreement and transmitted eleven payment instructions on the firm's letterhead with a power of attorney apparently signed by Messina.","causal_attribution":"The AI attribution comes from the court's reconstruction as relayed by three newsrooms; no recording, forensic finding or tool is reported. Corriere names the impersonated lawyer as Paolo Nastasi, managing partner of A&O Shearman Italia, wholly extraneous and unaware. Il Fatto Quotidiano's summary line attributing the AI voice to Messina (context evidence) conflicts with the decree passages it quotes."},{"id":"c3","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'Ed è così che il direttore finanziario di Fideuram, a ciò istruito dal presidente di Fideuram, che a sua volta crede di realizzare il compito affidatogli dal numero uno di Banca Intesa, fa partire i soldi, per lo più verso Cina e Hong Kong.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Ciò che è reale sono i bonifici successivi per un totale di 95 milioni di euro che partono tra il 23 e il 25 febbraio.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'anche il responsabile della Tesoreria e \"dei pagamenti\" di Fideuram, lo stesso giorno, sarebbe stato contattato da una persona che fingeva di essere l'ad di Fideuram, il quale gli diceva che Molesini lo avrebbe chiamato per disporre \"bonifici urgenti e riservati\".'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Secondo il decreto, gli undici bonifici raggiungono complessivamente 95,18 milioni di euro.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"},{"locator":"'Convinto della legittimità dell’operazione, Molesini aveva dato disposizione al direttore finanziario di Fideuram di eseguire i bonifici.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Convinced of the operation, Molesini instructed Fideuram's finance and treasury head, who had himself been contacted by someone posing as Fideuram's CEO, to execute the transfers; eleven transfers totalling about 95 million euros left between 23 and 25 February 2026 to accounts in Portugal and at Bank of China.","causal_attribution":"The judge writes that Molesini and the treasurer were mutually convinced of the operation's urgency and confidentiality and did not contact the top management of Fideuram or Intesa (Il Fatto Quotidiano). The loss fell on the bank, not on Molesini personally."},{"id":"c4","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'La rapidità del riflesso reattivo viene premiata proprio da una banca in Cina, che blocca 40 milioni e li restituisce a Fideuram.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'All’appello, però, sinora mancano almeno 36 milioni volatilizzatisi nei vorticosi giri di conti esteri, e a un certo punto convertiti in criptovalute'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'con un tentativo di portare via alla banca del gruppo Intesa quasi 95 milioni, di cui, stando agli atti, ora mancano all'appello, però, solo 39,5 milioni'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Decreto con cui sono stati congelati oltre 13 milioni su una banca portoghese, mentre 42 li aveva già stoppati Fideuram su conti cinesi.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Ciò che ritorna a Fideuram sono i 42 milioni bonificati alla Bank of China. Dei restanti 52, solo 13 vengono bloccati da Bpi e poi messi sotto sequestro dal Tribunale.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Il 25 febbraio, appena due giorni dopo il primo contatto, Banco BPI segnala a Fideuram la natura sospetta delle operazioni.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"},{"locator":"'i sistemi di sicurezza interna di Fideuram si allertano rapidamente'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Fideuram's controls and the Portuguese bank raised the alarm; about 40-42 million euros sent to Bank of China were returned, 13 million were seized at Banco BPI in Portugal, and at least 36 million (39.5 million per the court papers) remain missing after being moved through foreign accounts and converted into cryptocurrency.","causal_attribution":"Figures differ between outlets: Corriere gives 40 million returned and at least 36 million missing; ANSA and Il Fatto Quotidiano, from the decree, give 42 million returned and 39.5 million missing."},{"id":"c5","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'Fideuram - Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking ha reso noto che Paolo Molesini ha rassegnato le dimissioni dalla carica di presidente della società e di presidente di Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking, per ragioni personali.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Intanto Molesini, non indagato e non destinatario di alcun contenzioso avviato dal proprio istituto, il 12 marzo scorso aveva comunque scelto di dimettersi da presidente (come informò un asettico comunicato di Fideuram) «per ragioni personali».'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Molesini, che non è indagato e non ha ricevuto contestazioni da parte dell’istituto, aveva annunciato a marzo le proprie dimissioni dalla presidenza di Fideuram «per ragioni personali».'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Fideuram announced on 12 March 2026 that Molesini had resigned as chairman of Fideuram - Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking and of Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking for personal reasons.","causal_attribution":"The company's stated reason is personal; the announcement did not mention the fraud."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Il manager coinvolto, una volta resosi conto dell’accaduto, ha deciso di rassegnare le dimissioni.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s8"},{"locator":"'Ma il povero presidente ha dovuto presentare le dimissioni.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"},{"locator":"'il 12 marzo scorso aveva comunque scelto di dimettersi da presidente'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Press accounts link the resignation to the fraud: Corriere writes that he had nonetheless chosen to resign, Milano Finanza that once he realised what had happened he decided to resign, and today.it that he had to resign.","causal_attribution":"Journalistic attribution; neither Fideuram nor Molesini has publicly linked the resignation to the fraud in the inspected sources."},{"id":"c7","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'Nel caso di Molesini, che si è dimesso a marzo, è indagato come uno dei componenti della banda un cittadino israeliano di 48 anni.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'è risalita almeno a un 48enne israeliano correlato a uno dei conti esteri dove sono atterrati 4 milioni'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'le rogatorie serviranno a verificare se i suoi documenti corrispondano veramente a una persona in carne ed ossa'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"A 48-year-old Israeli citizen is under investigation as a member of the gang, named in the investigating judge's seizure decree that froze over 13 million euros at a Portuguese bank; investigators are pursuing the funds with international letters rogatory.","causal_attribution":"Corriere notes it is unverified whether the suspect's identity documents correspond to a real person."},{"id":"c8","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Intanto Molesini, non indagato e non destinatario di alcun contenzioso avviato dal proprio istituto'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Molesini, che non è indagato e non ha ricevuto contestazioni da parte dell’istituto'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Corriere della Sera writes that Molesini is not under investigation and is not the target of any litigation by his institution.","causal_attribution":"Corriere's statement, relayed by La Stampa and others; ANSA and Il Fatto Quotidiano do not address it."}],"effects":[{"label":"deceived by a phone call in an AI-cloned voice and impersonation messages into ordering about 95 million euros of transfers, of which at least 36 million remain missing; resigned as chairman on 12 March 2026, weeks later","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/26_settembre_25/fideuram-truffa-falso-messaggio-whatsapp-molesini-milioni-d5248b46-a7e7-4130-8c74-e09be5e00xlk.shtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live in Italian on 2026-09-30 (Corriere della Sera Milano, 25 September 2026, byline Luigi Ferrarella; the original reconstruction from the court papers, credited by Il Sole 24 Ore, La Stampa, Il Post, Tgcom24 and Bluerating). Researcher translation.","independence_group":"corriere-ferrarella"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cronaca/2026/09/25/truffa-da-395-milioni-allex-capo-di-fideuram-un-indagato_f747847d-aaa5-4f5f-9bee-1d476b6bea1e.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live in Italian on 2026-09-30 (ANSA, 25 September 2026; the earlier ANSA URL 'lex-capo-di-fideuram-truffato-con-whatsapp-e-ia-spariti-36-milioni' redirects to this updated item). Quotes the investigating judge's decree directly ('stando agli atti'). Researcher translation.","independence_group":"ansa-decree-read"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/09/25/una-telefonata-dallad-di-intesa-via-ai-bonifici-per-95-milioni-ma-era-tutto-finto-la-storia-della-truffa-a-fideuram-indagato-informatico-israeliano/8518472/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live in Italian on 2026-09-30 (Il Fatto Quotidiano, 25 September 2026). Credits Corriere for the story but quotes the five-page seizure decree at length with details absent from Corriere and ANSA (transfer dates and beneficiaries, the real CEO's warning call). Its headline attributes the AI voice to Messina, contrary to the decree passages it quotes. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"fatto-decree-read"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.lastampa.it/cronaca/2026/09/25/news/fideuram_truffa_36_milioni_whatsapp_voce_clonata_ai_molesini-15748791/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live in Italian on 2026-09-30 (La Stampa, 25 September 2026); explicitly a rewrite of Corriere della Sera's reconstruction. Researcher translation. Its HTML page title reads 'voce del ceo clonata con l'AI', contrary to its own body, which attributes the cloned voice to the lawyer.","independence_group":"corriere-ferrarella"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/economia/risparmio_Investimenti/2026/03/12/paolo-molesini-lascia-la-carica-di-presidente-di-fideuram_34e2dec8-5bba-4ca3-b569-aa638d534e2e.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live in Italian on 2026-09-30 (ANSA, 12 March 2026); relays Fideuram's announcement of the resignation. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"fideuram-announcement"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/26_settembre_26/truffa-fideuram-ifis-frodi-14e046de-a157-4b21-aaf7-444b75961xlk.shtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live in Italian on 2026-09-30 (Corriere della Sera Milano, 26 September 2026); follow-up on the suspect and the money trail; the page's paywall banner appears after the article text, which was complete. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"corriere-ferrarella"},{"id":"s7","url":"https://www.today.it/dossier/economia/banca-fideuram-truffa-milioni-spariti-come-hanno-fatto.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live in Italian on 2026-09-30 (today.it, 29 September 2026); cites the Milan seizure decree for the transfer dates and the 95.18 million total. It names Fideuram's treasury head, who is not named in this record. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"today-decree-read"},{"id":"s8","url":"https://www.milanofinanza.it/news/fideuram-intesa-sanpaolo-l-ex-presidente-paolo-molesini-vittima-di-una-truffa-da-36-milioni-202609251035572085","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live in Italian on 2026-09-30 (Milano Finanza, 25 September 2026); credits Corriere della Sera; cited only for its own statement linking the resignation to the fraud. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"corriere-ferrarella"},{"id":"s9","url":"https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/ai-messaging-scam-costs-italys-top-bank-intesa-millions-sources-say-2026-09-25/","kind":"news_report","access":"unavailable","language":"en","translation_note":"Not read: HTTP 401 on 2026-09-30 and no Internet Archive capture; the Google News title reads 'AI messaging scam costs Italy's top bank Intesa millions, sources say' (25 September 2026).","independence_group":"reuters-sources"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","finance"],"unknowns":["Which voice-cloning tool was used and whether any recording or forensic analysis of the call exists; the AI attribution rests on press accounts of the court papers (Corriere della Sera, ANSA, Il Fatto Quotidiano), while today.it, also citing the seizure decree, writes that the court papers do not yet answer whether the voice was imitated.","Whether Molesini's resignation was connected to the fraud: Fideuram gave personal reasons and no source quotes Molesini on the point.","Whether the WhatsApp messages impersonating Messina and Fideuram's CEO or the emails involved any AI tool.","The exact unrecovered amount: 36 million (Corriere) or 39.5 million (ANSA and Il Fatto Quotidiano from the decree).","Whether the named suspect is a real person and whether other suspects have been identified; the Reuters report (sources) was not read."],"geography":{"basis":"The contact reached the chairman of Fideuram, a Milan-based Intesa Sanpaolo subsidiary, and the investigation is by the Milan prosecutors and investigating judge (ANSA; Corriere). Molesini was born in Feltre (ANSA, 12 March 2026) and his career is described in Milan (Il Gazzettino). The transfers went to accounts in Portugal and at Bank of China (Il Fatto Quotidiano) and the seizure in Portugal was obtained with Lisbon authorities under Eurojust, but the court order is the Milan judge's, so only IT is recorded as a court country.","court_countries":["IT"],"event_countries":["IT"],"affected_person_countries":["IT"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: an AI-cloned voice communicated with the affected person (a bank chairman, named in his official capacity as all sources do) and impersonated a lawyer he knew, inducing him to order transfers of about 95 million euros, of which at least 36 million remain missing; he resigned on 12 March 2026, weeks later, announced as for personal reasons. Three independent reads of the Milan court papers (Corriere della Sera, ANSA, Il Fatto Quotidiano) plus the March resignation announcement (ANSA). The financial loss fell on the institution; the personal consequence recorded is the deception itself and the resignation as reported.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"ANSA ('Quell'avvocato, con voce finta creata con l'IA, poi lo contattò') and Il Fatto Quotidiano ('un avvocato dello studio A&O Sherman chiama Molesini, ma è sempre l'IA che sta parlando'), narrating the investigating judge's seizure decree, and Corriere della Sera's reconstruction from the court papers ('i truffatori l'hanno replicata ad arte con strumenti di intelligenza artificiale') describe the lawyer's voice on the call as created with AI. None of the decree passages these outlets quote verbatim contains the AI attribution, and today.it, which also cites the decree, writes that the court papers do not yet answer whether the voice was imitated ('sulla quale gli atti non offrono ancora una risposta: la possibile imitazione della voce'). No forensic detail, recording or tool is reported. The WhatsApp messages impersonating Messina and the Fideuram CEO and the emails are not described as AI-made in the decree passages quoted. Il Fatto Quotidiano's headline attributes the AI voice to Messina, which its own quoted decree passages do not support. The cloned voice spoke with Molesini (communicated_with) and impersonated the lawyer (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with","depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Italy: Fideuram chairman Paolo Molesini is deceived by a WhatsApp impersonation of Intesa Sanpaolo's CEO and a phone call in the reportedly AI-cloned voice of a lawyer he knew into ordering about 95 million euros of transfers; at least 36 million remain missing and he resigned on 12 March 2026, weeks later","summary":"On 23 February 2026 Paolo Molesini, then chairman of Fideuram (the private-banking subsidiary of Intesa Sanpaolo), received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number from someone claiming to be Intesa's chief executive Carlo Messina, announcing a confidential acquisition that had to be executed through Fideuram. The same day a caller presenting as a lawyer of A&O Shearman whom Molesini knew, whose voice ANSA, Il Fatto Quotidiano and Corriere della Sera, reporting from the Milan court papers, describe as created with artificial intelligence (today.it, which also cites the seizure decree, writes that the court papers do not yet answer whether the voice was imitated), had him sign a confidentiality agreement and sent eleven payment instructions; Fideuram's treasury head was separately contacted by someone posing as Fideuram's CEO. Between 23 and 25 February eleven transfers totalling about 95 million euros went to accounts in Portugal and at Bank of China; the bank's alarm systems and the Milan prosecutors recovered about 40-42 million from China and 13 million seized in Portugal, leaving at least 36 million (39.5 million per the court papers) missing after conversion into cryptocurrency. Molesini, who Corriere writes is not under investigation, resigned as chairman on 12 March 2026, which Fideuram announced as being for personal reasons; a 48-year-old Israeli citizen is under investigation as a member of the gang.","incidentDate":"2026-02-23","incidentEndDate":"2026-02-25","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-09-25","aiSystem":"Voice of a business lawyer replicated with artificial-intelligence tools for a phone call to the Fideuram chairman, as described by Corriere della Sera, ANSA and Il Fatto Quotidiano in their accounts of the Milan court papers; today.it, also citing the seizure decree, writes that the court papers do not yet answer whether the voice was imitated; the tool is not identified. The WhatsApp messages and emails are not described as AI-made","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss","professional_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Fideuram lost about 95 million euros in transfers ordered by its deceived chairman, of which at least 36 million (39.5 million per the court papers) remain missing (Corriere della Sera and ANSA, from the Milan seizure decree); the chairman resigned on 12 March 2026, about two and a half weeks after the transfers, announced by the bank as for personal reasons, which Corriere, Milano Finanza and today.it link to the fraud.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Paolo Molesini, who was called by the AI-cloned voice and induced to order the transfers (ANSA; Corriere; Il Fatto Quotidiano). The impersonated lawyer and the impersonated CEO are not counted; no harm to them is reported. Fideuram's treasury head, contacted by a person posing as Fideuram's CEO (ANSA 'contattato', Il Fatto Quotidiano 'chiamato', today.it 'messaggio WhatsApp'; no source describes AI in that contact), is not counted. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IT","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/26_settembre_25/fideuram-truffa-falso-messaggio-whatsapp-molesini-milioni-d5248b46-a7e7-4130-8c74-e09be5e00xlk.shtml","primarySourceLabel":"Corriere della Sera (Milano), 25 September 2026: Il falso messaggio WhatsApp inviato all'ex presidente Fideuram e la telefonata contraffatta con l'AI","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T04:13:31.372024+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T04:13:31.372024+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["voice-cloning","ceo-fraud","impersonation","whatsapp","banking","italy","milan","financial-loss","resignation","criminal-investigation"]}]}