{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-12T06:17:19.144Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"police-arrest","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":2,"coverage":{"cases":2,"countries":2,"languages":2,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":1,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":2,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2025-chanthaburi-police-romance-fraud-suspect-says-ai-made-fake-bank-deposit-certificate","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ผู้ต้องหารู้จักกับผู้เสียหายที่ร้านนวดแห่งหนึ่งในกรุงเทพมหานคร เมื่อประมาณเดือนมีนาคม 2568'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'ผู้ต้องหารู้จักกับผู้เสียหายเมื่อประมาณเดือนมีนาคม 2568 ที่ร้านนวดแห่งหนึ่งในกรุงเทพฯ'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Police say the suspect met the victim around March 2025 at a massage shop in Bangkok, developed a romantic relationship and borrowed money with promises to repay.","causal_attribution":"Police briefing; the victim's own account is not reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'รวมทั้งสิ้น 623 ครั้ง ระหว่างวันที่ 21 เมษายน 2568 ถึง 19 กันยายน 2569 คิดเป็นมูลค่าความเสียหายรวม 21,287,731.88 บาท'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'ผู้เสียหายได้มอบเงินและทรัพย์สินให้แก่ผู้ต้องหาอย่างต่อเนื่อง รวมทั้งสิ้น 623 ครั้ง คิดเป็นมูลค่าความเสียหาย 21,287,731.88 บาท'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Police evidence shows the victim handing over money and property 623 times between 21 April 2025 and 19 September 2026, totalling 21,287,731.88 baht.","causal_attribution":"Police account of the evidence gathered; not independently checked."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ผู้ต้องหาได้ส่งภาพเอกสารที่อ้างว่าเป็นหนังสือรับรองยอดเงินฝากจากธนาคารกสิกรไทยผ่านแอปพลิเคชัน LINE โดยระบุยอดเงินฝากจำนวน 14,067,897.05 บาท'; 'เมื่อตรวจสอบภายหลังพบว่าเอกสารทั้งสองรายการเป็นเอกสารปลอม'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'โดยอ้างว่าเป็นเอกสารจากธนาคารกสิกรไทย แสดงยอดเงินฝาก 14,067,897.05 บาท'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'ก่อนนำเอกสารปลอมมาแสดงเพื่อสร้างความน่าเชื่อถือ ทำให้ผู้เสียหายมอบเงินและทรัพย์สินรวมมูลค่า 21,287,731.88 บาท'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The suspect sent over LINE an image of a certificate of deposit presented as from Kasikornbank showing 14,067,897.05 baht, and a document claimed to be from a Nonthaburi police station about his mother's arrest; both were later found to be forged. Police say the forged documents were shown to build credibility, leading the victim to hand over the money.","causal_attribution":"Police briefing."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ผู้ต้องหาให้ข้อมูลเบื้องต้นว่า ได้ใช้ AI ช่วยสร้างและดัดแปลงภาพเอกสาร รวมถึงแก้ไขรายละเอียด เช่น ยอดเงินและตัวเลข'; 'เจ้าหน้าที่ยังอยู่ระหว่างตรวจสอบพยานหลักฐานที่เกี่ยวข้อง'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'ประเด็นการใช้ปัญญาประดิษฐ์เป็นข้อมูลจากการสอบถามผู้ต้องหาเบื้องต้น ซึ่งยังอยู่ระหว่างการตรวจสอบพยานหลักฐานที่เกี่ยวข้อง'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'ผู้ต้องหายังใช้เทคโนโลยีปัญญาประดิษฐ์ (AI) สร้างและดัดแปลงภาพหนังสือรับรองยอดเงินฝาก'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Police say the suspect told them in his preliminary account that he used AI to create and alter the document images, editing amounts and figures so they looked genuine, and that this was still being checked against evidence.","causal_attribution":"The suspect's own preliminary statement as conveyed by police; police had not completed verification."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'การจับกุมดังกล่าวเกิดขึ้นเมื่อวันที่ 10 ตุลาคม 2569'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'ในความผิดเกี่ยวกับการนำเข้าข้อมูลคอมพิวเตอร์ปลอมหรือข้อมูลอันเป็นเท็จ การปลอมและใช้เอกสารราชการปลอม และฉ้อโกง'; 'เงินส่วนใหญ่ถูกนำไปเล่นพนันออนไลน์'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Police arrested the suspect on 10 October 2026 under a Chanthaburi Provincial Court warrant for importing false computer data, forging and using official documents, and fraud, and say most of the money went on online gambling.","causal_attribution":"Police briefing; no court finding."}],"effects":[{"label":"a romance-fraud victim lost 21.3 million baht after being shown forged documents, including a deposit certificate the suspect says he made with AI","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.topnews.co.th/news/1716876","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"th","translation_note":"Read in Thai by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-12 and translated by that agent; no human translation. Buddhist-era years converted (2568 = 2025, 2569 = 2026). TOPNEWS, 11 Oct 2026 17:17, HTTP 200; report by its Chanthaburi correspondent of the provincial police briefing.","independence_group":"chanthaburi-provincial-police-briefing-11-oct-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.dailynews.co.th/news/6266540/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"th","translation_note":"Read in Thai by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-12 and translated by that agent; no human translation. Buddhist-era years converted (2568 = 2025, 2569 = 2026). Daily News, 11 Oct 2026, HTTP 200; report of the same briefing, with the police caveat that the AI point was still being checked.","independence_group":"chanthaburi-provincial-police-briefing-11-oct-2026"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://mgronline.com/local/detail/9690000098782","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"th","translation_note":"Read in Thai by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-12 and translated by that agent; no human translation. Buddhist-era years converted (2568 = 2025, 2569 = 2026). MGR Online, 11 Oct 2026 19:50, HTTP 200; report of the same briefing.","independence_group":"chanthaburi-provincial-police-briefing-11-oct-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","relationships"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used, and whether police verification confirmed the suspect's account.","When the forged certificate was sent relative to the 623 payments, and how much of the loss followed it.","The victim's own account.","Whether the Nonthaburi police document was also AI-made."],"geography":{"basis":"The pair met in Bangkok, the warrant was issued by the Chanthaburi Provincial Court, and the arrest and searches were in Bangkok and Nakhon Pathom, all in Thailand. The victim's nationality is not stated, and Thailand as the affected person's country rests on the victim meeting the suspect at a Bangkok massage shop and filing a complaint with Thai police.","court_countries":["TH"],"event_countries":["TH"],"affected_person_countries":["TH"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core impersonation case: Chanthaburi police say a romance-fraud suspect told them he used AI to create a forged Kasikornbank deposit certificate shown to the victim to make repayment seem assured, and police evidence records 21.3 million baht handed over in 623 transfers. The AI account is the suspect's preliminary statement and police were still checking it; the record says so. The suspect and the victim are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-12"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Chanthaburi provincial police say the suspect told officers that he used AI to create and alter the document images, editing amounts and figures so that a certificate of deposit looked as if Kasikornbank had issued it; the forged certificate was sent to the victim to make the victim believe he could repay the loans, and the commander's briefing (Daily News) says the forged documents were shown to build credibility, leading the victim to hand over the money. The generated image impersonated the bank toward the victim (depicted_or_impersonated). Police said the AI point came from the suspect's preliminary account and was still being checked, and the share of the loss that followed the forged certificate is not reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Thai police say a romance-fraud suspect told them he used AI to fake a bank deposit certificate; the victim handed over 21.3 million baht in 623 transfers","summary":"Chanthaburi provincial police in Thailand announced on 11 October 2026 the arrest, the previous day, of a man accused of a romance fraud in which the victim, whom he met at a massage shop in Bangkok around March 2025, gave him money and property 623 times between 21 April 2025 and 19 September 2026, totalling 21,287,731.88 baht. Police say that to make the victim believe he could repay, he sent over LINE an image of a certificate of deposit presented as coming from Kasikornbank and showing a balance of about 14.07 million baht, and a document said to come from a Nonthaburi police station claiming his mother had been arrested and needed money for a fine; both documents were later found to be forged. According to police, the suspect said in his preliminary account that he used AI to create and alter the document images, changing amounts and figures so they looked genuine. Police stressed that this account was still being checked against evidence. They say most of the money went on online slot gambling. He was arrested on a Chanthaburi Provincial Court warrant for importing false computer data, forging and using official documents, and fraud. The suspect and the victim are not named here.","incidentDate":"2025-04-21","incidentEndDate":"2026-09-19","incidentKind":"ongoing_experience","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-10-11","aiSystem":"Unnamed AI technology that, according to the Chanthaburi provincial police briefing, the suspect said he used to create and alter images of documents, including a certificate of deposit presented as issued by Kasikornbank and showing a balance of 14,067,897.05 baht; police said the AI use came from the suspect's preliminary account and was still being checked","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to Chanthaburi police, a romance-fraud victim handed over 21,287,731.88 baht in 623 transfers between April 2025 and September 2026; police say forged documents shown to the victim to build credibility, including a certificate of deposit that the suspect told police he made with AI, led to the payments.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the victim who handed over the money, described by police as a single complainant (ผู้เสียหาย). The victim did not use the AI tool, so is counted as another person harmed. The bank and the police station whose documents were forged are institutions and are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"TH","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.topnews.co.th/news/1716876","primarySourceLabel":"TOPNEWS, 11 Oct 2026: Chanthaburi police arrest man who used AI to fake bank documents in 21-million-baht romance scam","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-12T03:23:10.445794+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-12T03:23:10.445794+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["romance-scam","forged-document","ai-generated-image","fraud","thailand","financial-loss","police-arrest"]},{"id":"2026-cameta-para-police-say-fraud-suspect-used-chatgpt-images-of-boats-and-trucks-in-fake-sales-to-older-buyers","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'prendeu em flagrante, na última sexta-feira (9)'; 'tendo como alvo principal pessoas idosas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the Polícia Civil do Pará as reported, a man was arrested in the act in Cametá on Friday 9 October 2026 on suspicion of frauds causing losses of more than R$100,000, mainly targeting older people.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed by one outlet; one origin."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'O suspeito gerava imagens fictícias de veículos e embarcações por meio de plataformas como o ChatGPT.'; 'utilizava ferramentas de inteligência artificial para conferir veracidade a ofertas fraudulentas de lanchas, caminhões e imóveis de leilão'; 'forjar venda de lanchas e veículos com imagens criadas pelo ChatGPT para enganar vítimas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In its account of the Cametá police delegate's findings, DOL reports that the suspect generated fictitious images of vehicles and boats through platforms such as ChatGPT. DOL also says he used AI tools to make fraudulent offers of boats, trucks and auctioned property look genuine, and its subheadline says the sales were forged with images created by ChatGPT to deceive victims.","causal_attribution":"The delegate's investigative finding as relayed by DOL; no technical evidence or tool record is published."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'duas vítimas foram confirmadas, ambas idosas'; 'convencer um dos idosos a transferir R$ 60 mil para a falsa compra de uma lancha, enquanto o segundo repassou cerca de R$ 40 mil acreditando estar adquirindo um caminhão'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Two older victims had been confirmed at the time of the arrest: one transferred R$60,000 for the fake purchase of a boat and the other about R$40,000 believing they were buying a truck.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed by one outlet; the link between each victim's payment and the AI images rests on the delegate's description of the scheme."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Documentos falsos, simulando contratos de compra e venda com CNPJs inválidos, foram apreendidos com o suspeito'; 'identificar novas vítimas na região'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Police seized false documents, including contracts with invalid company registration numbers, and say the investigation continues to identify new victims.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed by one outlet."}],"effects":[{"label":"two older buyers paid R$60,000 and about R$40,000 for a boat and a truck in fake sales illustrated with AI-generated images","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://dol.com.br/carajas/noticias/policia/965168/suspeito-usa-ia-para-lesar-idosos-em-mais-de-r-100-mil-no-para","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in the original Portuguese on 2026-10-12 (HTTP 200) by the research agent (an AI); English renderings in this record are the research agent's own translations and no human translator reviewed them. DOL (Diário Online, Carajás section) report published Saturday 10 October 2026, 17:32 (UTC-3), relaying the Polícia Civil do Pará and the Cametá police delegate; its photographs are credited to PCPA.","independence_group":"pcpa-cameta-arrest-oct-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When the fake offers were made and the transfers took place","Which AI-generated images each victim saw and which tool produced each one","Whether the photos placing the suspect inside bank branches were made with AI","Whether the suspect has been charged and how many further victims exist"],"geography":{"basis":"Event: the frauds caused losses 'no município de Cametá' and the arrest was made in Cametá, Pará (s1). Affected persons: the report places the losses in Cametá; residence is not otherwise stated. No court step is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["BR"],"affected_person_countries":["BR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported case: the Polícia Civil do Pará, as relayed by DOL, says a man arrested in Cametá generated fictitious images of boats and vehicles on platforms such as ChatGPT for fake sales, and two older victims paid R$60,000 and about R$40,000. All claims rest on the police account in one outlet; the suspect is not named here.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-12"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"DOL attributes to the Cametá police delegate's account of the investigation the finding that the suspect generated fictitious images of vehicles and boats on platforms such as ChatGPT ('gerava imagens fictícias de veículos e embarcações por meio de plataformas como o ChatGPT'). In its own narration DOL says he used AI tools to lend credibility to the fake offers of boats and trucks, and its subheadline says the sales were forged with images created by ChatGPT to deceive victims. The two confirmed victims paid for a boat and a truck in those offers. The AI-generated images were part of the sale offers the victims relied on, which this record treats as AI-generated content presented to them as information (communicated_with). The attribution is the police's as reported; which images each victim saw and the tool behind each image are not published.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Cametá, Brazil: police say a man used AI images of boats and trucks, made with tools such as ChatGPT, in fake sales costing two older buyers about R$100,000","summary":"The Polícia Civil do Pará arrested a man in the act in Cametá, in north-eastern Pará, on Friday 9 October 2026 on suspicion of frauds causing losses of more than R$100,000, DOL reported the next day. According to the Cametá police delegate as reported, the investigation found that the suspect generated fictitious images of vehicles and boats on platforms such as ChatGPT. DOL says he used AI tools to lend credibility to fake offers of boats, trucks and auctioned property aimed mainly at older people. Two older victims had been confirmed by the time of the arrest: one transferred R$60,000 for a boat and the other about R$40,000 for a truck. Police say the investigation continues to identify further victims.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-10","aiSystem":"Image generation on 'plataformas como o ChatGPT' (platforms such as ChatGPT), according to the Cametá police delegate as reported by DOL","aiProduct":"ChatGPT (reported)","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Polícia Civil do Pará as reported by DOL, two older victims paid R$60,000 and about R$40,000 for a boat and a truck in fake sales whose offers the suspect illustrated with images police say he generated on platforms such as ChatGPT.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Two victims: DOL reports police saying two victims, both older people, had been confirmed by the time of the arrest, and that the investigation continues to identify new victims, so two is a lower bound. Neither victim used the AI; the suspect did.","victimAgeRange":"elderly","jurisdiction":"BR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://dol.com.br/carajas/noticias/policia/965168/suspeito-usa-ia-para-lesar-idosos-em-mais-de-r-100-mil-no-para","primarySourceLabel":"DOL, 10 October 2026: suspect uses AI to defraud older people of more than R$100,000 in Pará","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-12T03:11:48.203379+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-12T03:11:48.203379+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["chatgpt","ai-generated-images","fake-sale-fraud","older-victims","brazil","para","police-arrest"]}]}