{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-20T07:06:24.120Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"remote_access","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":2,"coverage":{"cases":2,"countries":0,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":2,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":1,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":2,"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":"2024-dithmarschen-police-say-older-couple-lost-several-thousand-euros-after-ai-made-interview-with-actor-promoted-investment","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Aktuell liegen der Heider Kripo zwei Fälle vor, in denen Senioren auf Fake-Seiten im Internet reingefallen sind.' ... 'In einem zweiten Fall war es ein scheinbar echter Schauspieler, der in einem täuschend realen Interview ebenfalls zu einer Geldanlage riet.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Itzehoe police say the Heide criminal police had two cases in which older people fell for fake websites where supposedly genuine celebrities promoted investments; in the second, a seemingly genuine actor recommended an investment in a deceptively real interview.","causal_attribution":"The police's account of the two cases."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Beide Prominente hatten tatsächlich nichts mit Werbung für Geldanlagen zu tun' ... 'Das Interview mit dem Schauspieler war mittels künstlicher Intelligenz erstellt und der Artikel war frei erfunden.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The police say the interview with the actor was created with artificial intelligence and that neither celebrity had anything to do with investment advertising.","causal_attribution":"Attribution by the investigating police; the technical basis is not disclosed."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Auf den Webseiten waren Links verbaut, die die Betroffenen schließlich zu einer vermeintlichen Trading-Plattform leiteten.' ... 'Dort gaben die Rentnerin und das geschädigte Ehepaar ihre Kontaktdaten an' ... 'über eine Fernwartungssoftware Zugang zu ihren Rechnern' ... 'das ältere Paar überwies einen weiteren Betrag in Höhe von mehreren tausend Euro.' ... 'Natürlich kam es zu keiner Auszahlung der angeblichen Gewinne und das investierte Geld war weg.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The police say links on the websites led the victims, a pensioner and a married couple, to a supposed trading platform; after giving the fraudsters remote access, the older couple transferred a further several thousand euros, no gains were paid and the money was lost.","causal_attribution":"Losses as reported by the police. Which victim saw which site is not stated explicitly; the other case is described as the fake article seen by the pensioner."}],"effects":[{"label":"older couple lost several thousand euros after a fake celebrity investment interview","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/52209/5735173","kind":"official_statement","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read in German by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-20 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Itzehoe police directorate press release on presseportal.de, 14 March 2024; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"itzehoe-police-14-mar-2024"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance"],"unknowns":["Which actor the interview showed, whether it was video, audio or text, which tool made it and how the police established that it was AI-made.","When the couple saw the interview and made the payments; the release calls the cases current in March 2024.","The exact amount the couple lost and whether any money was recovered.","The release does not state in so many words that the couple's case is the actor interview; it follows from the two cases described."],"geography":{"basis":"The Itzehoe police describe cases handled by the Heide criminal police in the Dithmarschen district, Germany, involving local older people, so the affected people's country is Germany. The release does not say where the victims were when they saw the sites or paid, and the calls came from German mobile numbers and from Austria and Belgium, so no event country is recorded. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["DE"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the Itzehoe police say an interview with an actor recommending an investment was created with AI and that an older couple lost several thousand euros on the trading platform the fake site led to. The technical basis and the actor are undisclosed. The event date is unknown; the id year is that of the March 2024 release, which calls the case current.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-20"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Itzehoe police say the deceptively real interview in which a seemingly genuine actor recommended an investment was created with artificial intelligence, and that links on the fake websites led the victims to the trading platform where the older couple lost several thousand euros. The generated impersonation of the actor is what promoted the investment, according to the police. The release does not disclose the tool, the actor or how the police established the AI origin, and it links the couple to the actor interview only by elimination (the pensioner's case is the fake article).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Dithmarschen police say an older couple lost several thousand euros after an AI-made interview with an actor promoted an investment on a fake site","summary":"The Itzehoe police directorate reported on 14 March 2024 that the Heide criminal police were dealing with two cases in which older people fell for fake websites where supposedly genuine celebrities promoted investments. In one, a seemingly genuine actor recommended an investment in a deceptively real interview, which the police say was created with artificial intelligence. Links on the sites led the victims, a pensioner and an older married couple, to a supposed trading platform; after friendly callers gained remote access to their computers, the couple transferred several thousand euros on top of the first payment. No gains were paid and the money was lost. The other case, a fake news article, is not described as AI-made.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2024-03-14","aiSystem":"A deceptively real interview with a well-known actor promoting an investment, which the Itzehoe police say was created with artificial intelligence (tool, medium and actor not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified AI tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Itzehoe police, an older married couple drawn by a fake interview in which an actor recommended an investment, an interview the police say was created with AI, transferred several thousand euros to a supposed trading platform and lost the money.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"The married couple (two people) in the case of the AI-made actor interview (police release). The pensioner in the other case is not counted because her case is not described as AI-made; the depicted actor and newsreader are not named and no response from them is reported.","victimAgeRange":"elderly","jurisdiction":"DE","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/52209/5735173","primarySourceLabel":"Polizeidirektion Itzehoe (presseportal), 14 March 2024: Dithmarschen: Vorsicht vor Betrugsmasche","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-20T03:21:15.135271+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-20T03:21:15.135271+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["investment_fraud","fake_celebrity_interview","cybertrading","remote_access","germany"]},{"id":"2026-altenburg-thuringia-police-say-man-lost-about-42000-euros-after-ai-made-advert-showing-well-known-politician","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Im Internet stieß er auf eine vermeintliche Werbeanzeige, die mithilfe von Künstlicher Intelligenz erstellt worden war und einen bekannten Politiker zeigte. Darin wurden hohe Gewinne innerhalb kurzer Zeit durch Geldanlagen versprochen.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the police, the man came across an online advert made with artificial intelligence that showed a well-known politician and promised high returns from investments.","causal_attribution":"The investigating police state that the advert was made with AI; they do not disclose how they established this or name a tool."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Nachdem der Senior Mitte Mai Kontakt zu den bislang unbekannten Tätern aufgenommen hatte, gab er persönliche Daten preis und ermöglichte ihnen den Fernzugriff auf seinen Computer. Die Betrüger übernahmen daraufhin die Kontrolle über sein Online-Banking und veranlassten mehrere Überweisungen in Höhe von insgesamt rund 42.000 Euro.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"After contacting the perpetrators in mid-May he gave them personal data and remote access to his computer; they took control of his online banking and made transfers totalling about 42,000 euros.","causal_attribution":"Police account connecting the advert to the contact and the losses."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Durch das schnelle Eingreifen der Ermittler konnte ein Teil des Geldes - etwa 28.000 Euro - noch gesichert werden. Die weiteren Ermittlungen wegen Betrugs dauern an.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The police say about 28,000 euros was secured and the fraud investigation continues.","causal_attribution":"Recovery and procedural status as reported by the police."}],"effects":[{"label":"man lost money to investment fraudsters after an AI-made advert showing a politician","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/126720/6297368","kind":"official_statement","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read in German by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-20 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Landespolizeiinspektion Gera press release on presseportal.de, 18 June 2026; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"gera-police-18-jun-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance"],"unknowns":["Which politician the advert showed and on which platform it appeared.","How the police established that the advert was made with AI, and which tool.","Whether any perpetrator has been identified and whether the remaining money was recovered."],"geography":{"basis":"The release of the Gera regional police concerns a man in Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany, so the affected person's country is Germany. The advert, the contact and the transfers took place online and the release does not say where the perpetrators acted, so no event country is recorded. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["DE"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the investigating Gera police say an older man was drawn in by an AI-made advert showing a well-known politician and lost about 42,000 euros, about 28,000 of which was secured. The technical basis of the police attribution is undisclosed. No name or age appears in the public record.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-20"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The investigating Gera police say the advert the man found had been created with artificial intelligence and showed a well-known politician promising high returns, and that after contacting the perpetrators through it he lost about 42,000 euros. The generated depiction of the politician was the lure toward the man. The police do not disclose how they established the AI creation or name the tool.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Thuringia police say a man in Altenburg lost about 42,000 euros to investment fraudsters after an AI-made advert showing a well-known politician","summary":"The Gera regional police reported on 18 June 2026 that an older man in Altenburg, Thuringia, had fallen victim to investment fraud. According to the police, he found an online advert made with artificial intelligence that showed a well-known politician and promised high returns. After he contacted the fraudsters in mid-May, he gave them personal data and remote access to his computer; they took control of his online banking and made several transfers totalling about 42,000 euros. The police say about 28,000 euros was secured; the investigation continues.","incidentDate":"2026-05-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-06-18","aiSystem":"An online advert that, according to the Gera regional police, was created with artificial intelligence and showed a well-known politician (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified AI tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Gera police, an older man who responded to an AI-made advert showing a well-known politician lost about 42,000 euros in transfers from his online banking, of which about 28,000 euros was secured.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"inward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One man, the defrauded investor (police release). The politician shown in the advert is not named and no response or consequence is reported for him, so he is not counted.","victimAgeRange":"elderly","jurisdiction":"DE","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/126720/6297368","primarySourceLabel":"Landespolizeiinspektion Gera (presseportal), 18 June 2026: 80-Jähriger verliert durch Anlagebetrug hohe Geldsumme","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-20T03:13:03.6984+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-20T03:13:03.6984+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["investment_fraud","fake_celebrity_ad","remote_access","germany"]}]}