{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-11T09:40:12.359Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"voice","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":26,"coverage":{"cases":26,"countries":12,"languages":9,"unknownLocation":8,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":26,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":3,"minors":0,"coreRelations":25,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":1,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":1},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-la-rioja-guardia-civil-ai-cloned-daughter-voice-call-transfer-of-9980-euros-recovered","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Al otro lado de la línea respondió una voz idéntica a la de su hija, lo que disipó cualquier sospecha y le llevó a transferir 9.980,25 euros.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'En la conversación, el remitente se hizo pasar por su hija y le manifestó que se encontraba en una situación de urgencia, solicitándole ayuda económica.'; 'La llamada fue respondida con una voz que aparentaba ser la de su hija, circunstancia que incrementó la credibilidad del engaño y llevó a la víctima a continuar con la operación solicitada.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'La víctima transfirió 9.980,25 euros'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"According to the Guardia Civil, the victim received WhatsApp messages from someone posing as their daughter asking for urgent money, called the number to check, heard a voice that seemed to be the daughter's, and transferred 9,980.25 euros.","causal_attribution":"One origin (the Guardia Civil statement of 25 August 2026) relayed by three outlets."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'constató el uso de herramientas de IA para suplantar la identidad mediante la clonación de voz'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Durante el desarrollo de la investigación, los agentes pudieron constatar que la voz utilizada durante la llamada había sido generada mediante herramientas de inteligencia artificial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Durante la investigación, los agentes constataron que la voz empleada durante la llamada había sido generada mediante herramientas de inteligencia artificial.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Guardia Civil investigators established that the voice used in the call had been generated with artificial-intelligence tools to impersonate the daughter.","causal_attribution":"The force's own investigative finding as relayed by three outlets; one origin. No technical evidence is published."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'la coordinación de urgencia con las entidades financieras permitió inmovilizar los fondos en la cuenta de destino y devolver el dinero a la víctima antes de que los estafadores se hicieran con él'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'permitió recuperar los 9.980,25 euros transferidos'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Urgent coordination with the banks froze the funds in the destination account and the full 9,980.25 euros were returned to the victim.","causal_attribution":"The Guardia Civil statement as relayed; one origin."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ha permitido identificar e investigar al presunto autor de los hechos'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'que han identificado e investigado al presunto autor de los hechos.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Radio Arnedo and ActualidadRiojaBaja report that the investigation identified and investigated the presumed perpetrator.","causal_attribution":"Two outlets relaying the same Guardia Civil statement (one origin); La Rioja's body does not mention the perpetrator."}],"effects":[{"label":"transferred 9,980.25 euros after a call in an AI clone of their daughter's voice (later recovered)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.larioja.com/la-rioja/sucesos/clonan-voz-hija-ia-estafarle-10000-euros-20260825095405-nt.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in the original Spanish on 2026-10-11 (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. La Rioja newspaper report of 25 August 2026, 11:30, relaying the Guardia Civil statement.","independence_group":"guardia-civil-la-rioja-25-aug-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.radioarnedo.com/2026/08/noticias/la-guardia-civil-esclarece-una-estafa-del-familiar-en-apuros-que-tambien-se-ha-denunciado-en-arnedo-y-calahorra/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in the original Spanish on 2026-10-11 (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. Radio Arnedo report of 26 August 2026 relaying the same Guardia Civil statement ('Según ha explicado este martes 25 de agosto el Instituto Armad[o]'); same group as s1.","independence_group":"guardia-civil-la-rioja-25-aug-2026"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.laopiniondezamora.es/sucesos/delitos-informaticos/2026/10/10/llamada-voz-hija-esconder-estafa-135215635.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in the original Spanish on 2026-10-11 (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. La Opinión de Zamora article of 10 October 2026 built on ESET advice; its summary of the La Rioja case derives from the same Guardia Civil account, so same group.","independence_group":"guardia-civil-la-rioja-25-aug-2026"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://actualidadriojabaja.com/identificado-en-la-rioja-el-presunto-autor-de-la-estafa-familiar-en-apuros-con-una-voz-clonada-por-ia/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in the original Spanish on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200; body fetched by the nw1 lane of this sweep and re-read by the vc agent) by the research agent (an AI); English renderings in this record are the research agent's own translations and no human translator reviewed them. ActualidadRiojaBaja report dated 25 August 2026 relaying the same Guardia Civil statement; same group as s1-s3.","independence_group":"guardia-civil-la-rioja-25-aug-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","relationships","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When the messages and call happened (the statement was issued on 25 August 2026)","The victim's identity, gender and age","How the fraudsters obtained a sample of the daughter's voice and which tool they used","Whether the presumed perpetrator has been charged"],"geography":{"basis":"Event: the Guardia Civil 'ha esclarecido en La Rioja' the case (s1), and its La Rioja investigators handled it (s2). Affected person: the victim's residence is not stated beyond the case being handled in La Rioja, so the affected-person country rests on the event location reported by the force. No court is involved.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["ES"],"affected_person_countries":["ES"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported case: the Guardia Civil, as relayed by two La Rioja outlets, describes one victim deceived by a call answered by a voice its investigators established was AI-generated imitation of the victim's daughter, leading to a 9,980.25-euro transfer that banks later froze and returned. All claims rest on the force's statement; the loss was temporary, so severity is low. No identifying details are reported or added.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"La Rioja and Radio Arnedo report the Guardia Civil's statement that its EDITE investigators established that the voice answering the victim's call had been generated with AI tools ('constató el uso de herramientas de IA para suplantar la identidad mediante la clonación de voz'; 'la voz utilizada durante la llamada había sido generada mediante herramientas de inteligencia artificial'). The AI voice spoke to the victim on the call (communicated_with) and impersonated the daughter toward the victim (depicted_or_impersonated), and both outlets report that hearing it removed the victim's doubts and led to the 9,980.25-euro transfer. The finding is the force's as reported; no technical detail or tool is given.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with","depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"La Rioja, Spain: Guardia Civil says a parent sent 9,980 euros after a call with an AI clone of their daughter's voice; the money was recovered","summary":"The Guardia Civil in La Rioja said on 25 August 2026 that it had solved a 'relative in trouble' fraud in which the criminals used artificial intelligence to clone the voice of the victim's daughter. According to the force's account as reported by the newspaper La Rioja and Radio Arnedo, the victim received WhatsApp messages from an unknown number by someone posing as the daughter and asking for urgent money; when the victim called that number to check, a voice that sounded like the daughter answered, and the victim transferred 9,980.25 euros. Investigators of the Guardia Civil's technology team established that the voice had been generated with AI tools. Urgent coordination with the banks froze the funds in the destination account and the full amount was returned to the victim; Radio Arnedo and ActualidadRiojaBaja report that the presumed perpetrator was identified and investigated.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-08-25","aiSystem":"AI voice-cloning tools ('herramientas de IA para suplantar la identidad mediante la clonación de voz'), as established by the Guardia Civil investigation (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Guardia Civil as reported by La Rioja and Radio Arnedo, the victim transferred 9,980.25 euros after a call answered by an AI-generated imitation of their daughter's voice; the funds were frozen and the full amount was returned, so the loss was temporary.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the victim who made the transfer. The daughter whose voice was imitated is not counted because no harm to her is reported. The three Arnedo and Calahorra victims in the same statement are not counted because no source says AI was used in their cases. The victim did not use the AI.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"ES","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.larioja.com/la-rioja/sucesos/clonan-voz-hija-ia-estafarle-10000-euros-20260825095405-nt.html","primarySourceLabel":"La Rioja, 25 August 2026: daughter's voice cloned with AI to swindle almost 10,000 euros","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-11T03:17:00.599664+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T03:17:00.599664+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["voice-clone","family-impersonation-scam","whatsapp","spain","la-rioja","guardia-civil","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-mumbai-company-dgm-transferred-over-rs-10-crore-after-calls-in-ai-cloned-md-voice-delhi-police-say","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'According to police, the gang cloned the MD's voice using Artificial Intelligence and contacted the company's DGM, posing as the senior executive and directing multiple fund transfers. The money was allegedly routed into 63 different bank accounts, amounting to over Rs 10 crore.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'आरोप है कि गिरोह ने एआई आधारित वॉइस क्लोनिंग तकनीक का इस्तेमाल कर मुंबई की एक कंपनी के मैनेजिंग डायरेक्टर की आवाज की नकल की।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to police, the gang cloned the managing director's voice using AI, called the company's deputy general manager posing as the managing director and directed multiple fund transfers; the money was allegedly routed into 63 bank accounts and exceeded Rs 10 crore.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed by India Today; the Navbharat Times round-up repeats it second-hand."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The accused were intercepted while attempting to encash a cheque of Rs 9 lakh at a bank branch in Sarita Vihar after the bank manager grew suspicious and alerted police.'; 'Mumbai Police had already registered a case and initiated a probe after the private company reported the fraud. A separate case has also been filed in Delhi'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Delhi Police arrested five men after one tried to encash a Rs 9 lakh cheque at a Sarita Vihar bank branch and the branch manager alerted police; Mumbai Police had registered a case after the company reported the fraud, and a separate Delhi case was filed.","causal_attribution":"As reported by India Today from the police account."}],"effects":[{"label":"a company lost over Rs 10 crore after its deputy general manager followed instructions given by an AI-cloned voice of the managing director, according to police","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/delhi/story/ai-voice-cloning-fraud-delhi-police-arrest-five-rs-10-crore-mumbai-company-scam-2928485-2026-06-17","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11; no translation needed. India Today, 17 June 2026 17:44 IST, HTTP 200, with inputs from a crime reporter; relays the Delhi Police account.","independence_group":"india-today-delhi-police-account"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/crime/ai-becomes-criminals-new-weapon-from-voice-cloning-to-fake-cctv-video-aadhar-verification-5-shocking-cases/articleshow/134790912.cms","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read in Hindi by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 and translated by it; Navbharat Times round-up of 8 October 2026, HTTP 200. It cites a Moneycontrol report and repeats the same police account, so it shares the India Today independence group and adds no independent support.","independence_group":"india-today-delhi-police-account"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","work"],"unknowns":["The dates of the calls and transfers and the number of calls.","The tool used to clone the voice and how the police established that AI was used.","Whether any money was recovered, and whether charges have been filed.","The identity of the company; it is not named in the report."],"geography":{"basis":"The company is Mumbai-based, Mumbai Police registered the case, and the arrests were made in Delhi (Sarita Vihar bank branch); all in India. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core impersonation case on the Delhi Police account reported by India Today: police say the gang cloned a Mumbai company managing director's voice with AI and used it in calls that led the deputy general manager to transfer over Rs 10 crore, and five men were arrested. The account has one origin; the accused are not named here.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"India Today reports that, according to police, the gang cloned the managing director's voice using artificial intelligence and contacted the deputy general manager posing as the managing director, directing multiple fund transfers that totalled over Rs 10 crore. The AI output is the cloned voice speaking to the deputy general manager (communicated_with) in the person of the managing director (depicted_or_impersonated), and the police account connects those calls to the transfers. The attribution rests on the police account relayed by one outlet; no recording or forensic finding is described.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with","depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Delhi Police say a gang used an AI-cloned voice of a Mumbai company's MD to have its deputy general manager transfer over Rs 10 crore; five arrested","summary":"Delhi Police arrested five young men in June 2026 who, according to police, cloned the voice of a Mumbai-based private company's managing director using artificial intelligence and called the company's deputy general manager posing as the managing director, directing several fund transfers. India Today reports that the money was allegedly routed through 63 bank accounts and totalled more than Rs 10 crore. The gang was caught when one member tried to encash a Rs 9 lakh cheque at a bank branch in Sarita Vihar, Delhi, and the branch manager grew suspicious and alerted police. Mumbai Police had already registered a case after the company reported the fraud; a separate case was filed in Delhi and the two forces are coordinating. The company and its executives are not named in the report.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-06-17","aiSystem":"An AI voice clone of the managing director of a Mumbai-based private company, which police say the gang made with artificial intelligence and used in calls to the company's deputy general manager. No tool is named","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to Delhi Police as reported by India Today, the company lost more than Rs 10 crore in transfers that its deputy general manager made on instructions given in calls by a voice cloned with AI to sound like the managing director.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"The loss fell on the company; the report describes the deputy general manager as the person deceived but describes no personal loss or other harm to that person or anyone else, so no person count is given (zero placeholders).","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/delhi/story/ai-voice-cloning-fraud-delhi-police-arrest-five-rs-10-crore-mumbai-company-scam-2928485-2026-06-17","primarySourceLabel":"India Today, 17 June 2026: Delhi gang uses AI to clone Mumbai MD's voice, siphons Rs 10 crore from firm","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-11T03:13:25.368299+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T03:13:25.368299+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["voice-cloning","impersonation-scam","executive-impersonation","financial-loss","police","arrest","india","delhi","mumbai","communicated-with","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2025-brazil-police-say-deepfake-marcos-mion-ads-sold-nonexistent-restaurant-vouchers","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'foi preso por integrar o grupo criminoso que utilizava vídeos manipulados com deepfake da imagem e voz do apresentador Marcos Mion para aplicar golpes'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'O grupo criminoso utilizava vídeos manipulados com tecnologia deepfake da imagem e voz do apresentador Marcos Mion para promover falsas promoções de uma rede de restaurantes.'; 'os criminosos conseguiam simular a imagem e a voz de Marcos Mion, com uso de inteligência artificial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Eles utilizavam a inteligência artificial para emular a voz do apresentador, atraindo a confiança das vítimas por meio de campanhas publicitárias'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"The Federal District Civil Police say a criminal group used videos in which presenter Marcos Mion's image and voice were manipulated with deepfake technology, using artificial intelligence, to promote false promotions of a restaurant chain.","causal_attribution":"Police account (PCDF, DRCC delegate) relayed by several outlets; one reporting chain. No outlet examined the videos."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'As vítimas eram direcionadas aos sites falsos desenvolvidos pelo investigado, onde realizavam pagamentos por vouchers de desconto inexistentes', afirmou a polícia.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Ao clicarem no anúncio, as vítimas eram direcionadas para sites falsos para concluírem o pagamento de um “voucher promocional”.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'As vítimas eram direcionadas aos sites falsos desenvolvidos pelo investigado, onde realizavam pagamentos por vouchers de desconto inexistentes, acreditando estar participando de promoções com a participação de Marcos Mion.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"According to the police, victims who clicked the advertisements were directed to cloned websites, where they paid for discount vouchers that did not exist.","causal_attribution":"Police statement; the same chain. Individual victims and amounts are not described."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'De acordo com a polícia, há vítimas em todo o país. Em apenas quatro dias, 27 pessoas denunciaram o golpe.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'As investigações revelaram que dezenas de vítimas foram lesadas, com prejuízos ainda em apuração.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Dezenas de vítimas no Distrito Federal já foram identificadas, mas o número pode crescer à medida que as investigações avançam.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Outlets relaying the police in January 2025 reported dozens of victims, with losses still being calculated, and 27 complaints about the scam in four days.","causal_attribution":"Police figures as relayed; the outlets differ on whether the victims are in the Federal District or across the country, and the 27 complaints are reports."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A Polícia Civil do Distrito Federal (PCDF) desarticulou, nesta quarta-feira (15/1), uma quadrilha que utilizava tecnologia de deepfake para aplicar golpes digitais em nome do apresentador Marcos Mion.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Uma operação da Polícia Civil do Distrito Federal prendeu três suspeitos de usar Inteligência Artificial para aplicar golpes.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'a prisão aconteceu durante a segunda fase da Operação \"VoiceOver\", dando continuidade a ações ocorridas em janeiro'; 'O homem confessou a participação no esquema, durante o interrogatório, e detalhou seu papel em criar e manter os sites fraudulentos.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Three suspects were arrested in the first phase of Operation VoiceOver in January 2025, and on 9 May 2025 a man was arrested in Santa Helena de Goiás; police say he built and maintained the cloned sites and confessed.","causal_attribution":"Police account; arrests and confession as stated by police, not a court finding."}],"effects":[{"label":"paid for nonexistent restaurant discount vouchers after fake promotions using an AI-manipulated likeness of a TV presenter","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/nacional/centro-oeste/go/integrante-de-grupo-que-fazia-deepfake-de-marcos-mion-e-preso-em-goias/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200); no human translator or reviewer read the article. CNN Brasil, 9 May 2025 (second phase), quoting a Polícia Civil do Distrito Federal statement.","independence_group":"pcdf-operacao-voiceover"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://iclnoticias.com.br/operacao-mira-grupo-suspeito-de-usar-ia/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200); no human translator or reviewer read the article. ICL Notícias, 16 January 2025 (first phase), relaying the police account.","independence_group":"pcdf-operacao-voiceover"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.portaltela.com/noticias/2025/01/16/policia-desarticula-quadrilha-que-usava-deepfake-de-marcos-mion-para-fraudes-digitais/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200); no human translator or reviewer read the article. Portal Tela, 16 January 2025 (first phase), relaying the police account.","independence_group":"pcdf-operacao-voiceover"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://seucreditodigital.com.br/golpe-deepfake-pcdf-prisoes-mion/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200); no human translator or reviewer read the article. Seu Crédito Digital, 16 January 2025 (first phase), quoting the DRCC delegate.","independence_group":"pcdf-operacao-voiceover"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://tribunadoplanalto.com.br/grupo-simulava-voz-de-marcos-mion-para-aplicar-golpes/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200); no human translator or reviewer read the article. Tribuna do Planalto, 9 May 2025 (second phase), relaying the PCDF account.","independence_group":"pcdf-operacao-voiceover"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The number of people who paid and the total amount lost; no individual victim is described.","When the fake promotions ran and when victims paid; the sources date only the police operations (January and 9 May 2025).","Which AI tool produced the videos and on which platforms the advertisements ran.","Whether the three January suspects or the May suspect have been charged or tried."],"geography":{"basis":"The investigation was run by the Civil Police of Brazil's Federal District, which arrested suspects in the Federal District and in Santa Helena de Goiás; ICL Notícias reports that, according to the police, there were victims across the country. No court proceeding is reported in the sources read.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["BR"],"affected_person_countries":["BR"]},"publication":{"basis":"One police reporting chain (Federal District Civil Police, relayed by CNN Brasil, ICL Notícias, Portal Tela, Seu Crédito Digital and Tribuna do Planalto) describes people who paid for nonexistent vouchers after fake promotions that, according to the police, used an AI-manipulated image and voice of a TV presenter. Published as a reported account with the count left unquantified.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Federal District Civil Police say the group used videos in which presenter Marcos Mion's image and voice were manipulated with deepfake technology, and a DRCC delegate says the group used artificial intelligence to emulate the presenter's voice and won the victims' trust through advertising campaigns; according to the police, people who clicked these advertisements were sent to cloned sites and paid for vouchers that did not exist. The AI-made likeness impersonated the presenter toward the people deceived (depicted_or_impersonated). No outlet examined the videos and no tool is named.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Brazil: police say a group used deepfake videos of TV host Marcos Mion in fake restaurant promotions and victims paid for vouchers that did not exist","summary":"The Civil Police of Brazil's Federal District (PCDF) say a criminal group manipulated the image and voice of TV presenter Marcos Mion with artificial intelligence in fraudulent videos promoting fake discounts at the Outback restaurant chain. According to the police, people who clicked the advertisements were sent to cloned websites and paid for discount vouchers that were never delivered. In January 2025 the police's first phase of Operation VoiceOver arrested three suspects; outlets relaying the police reported dozens of victims and 27 complaints in four days. A second phase on 9 May 2025 arrested a man in Santa Helena de Goiás who, police say, built and maintained the cloned sites and confessed his role. Every account relays the police; no outlet examined the videos, no tool is named and no individual victim or total loss is described.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2025-01-16","aiSystem":"Videos in which the image and voice of TV presenter Marcos Mion were manipulated with artificial intelligence ('deepfake'), according to the Federal District Civil Police, used in fake promotions for a restaurant chain; tool not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Federal District Civil Police, people who clicked fake restaurant promotions using AI-manipulated videos of presenter Marcos Mion paid on cloned websites for discount vouchers that did not exist; outlets relaying the police describe dozens of victims, with losses not totalled.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"Police say victims paid for nonexistent vouchers but give no exact count: Seu Crédito Digital and Portal Tela relay 'dezenas de vítimas' (dozens, a vague plural that is not quantified here), and ICL Notícias reports 27 complaints in four days, which are reports rather than established losses. The presenter and the restaurant chain are not counted. Unquantified with zero placeholders.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"BR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/nacional/centro-oeste/go/integrante-de-grupo-que-fazia-deepfake-de-marcos-mion-e-preso-em-goias/","primarySourceLabel":"CNN Brasil, 9 May 2025: Integrante de grupo que fazia deepfake de Marcos Mion é preso em Goiás","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-11T03:10:52.28076+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T03:10:52.28076+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","fake-celebrity-advertisement","voice","consumer-fraud","brazil","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-argentina-news-anchor-ai-cloned-video-promoting-online-casino-shown-on-telenoche","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Casino Santa Fe ya está disponible en línea. No es un rumor ni publicidad ni un engaño es un hecho.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Nelson Castro nunca promocionó un casino online, aunque un video circulando en redes diga lo contrario.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A video circulating on social media shows Nelson Castro appearing to announce that 'Casino Santa Fe' is available online; Castro never promoted an online casino.","causal_attribution":"The clip was shown on Telenoche; Urgente24 rewrites the same segment, so one origin."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Jason Mayne mostró videos hechos con Inteligencia Artificial que usan la imagen del futbolista y del periodista y conductor de Telenoche.'; 'También clonaron sus voces'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'El periodista aparece hablando a cámara, con su rostro y su voz, pero es todo un montaje hecho con IA.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"El Trece describes the videos shown as made with artificial intelligence using the anchor's image with his voice cloned, and Urgente24 describes the Castro clip as a montage made with AI of his face and voice.","causal_attribution":"The AI description is the broadcaster's and Urgente24's; no tool is identified and no technical analysis is reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Al verlo, Nelson quedó sorprendido y señaló: “Es tremendo. Espero que nadie se haya enganchado”. Y Dominique Metzger agregó: “Nelson que tiene una imagen súper limpia. Nunca ha hecho nada de esto, jamás. Pero claro, utilizan gente de bien gente confiable”.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Castro, al verse, dijo: “Es tremendo. Espero que nadie se haya enganchado”'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"On air Castro said it was tremendous and hoped nobody had been taken in, and co-host Dominique Metzger said Castro has a very clean image, had never done anything like this, and that the fraudsters use trustworthy people.","causal_attribution":"Statements made on the broadcast as quoted by the channel and by Urgente24 (one origin)."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Nelson Castro ya había denunciado la circulación de un video en el que clonaron digitalmente su imagen y su voz con fines engañosos'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Paparazzi states that Castro had earlier denounced the circulation of a video in which his image and voice were digitally cloned for deceptive purposes.","causal_attribution":"A background sentence in an article about another presenter; when and where Castro denounced the video is not stated."}],"effects":[{"label":"depicted in an AI-made video endorsing an online casino; exposed as fake on his own programme","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.eltrecetv.com.ar/telenoche/2026/09/29/telenoche-la-nueva-estafa-digital-con-imagenes-generadas-con-ia-de-famosos-como-lionel-messi-y-nelson-castro/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-07 and 2026-10-08 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. The broadcaster's own write-up of its segment; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"telenoche-segment-29-sep-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://urgente24.com/zona-/nelson-castro-y-el-video-que-encendio-todas-las-alarmas-es-tremendo-n633913","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-07 and 2026-10-08 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Urgente24 rewrites the Telenoche segment and adds its own description of the clip; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"telenoche-segment-29-sep-2026"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.paparazzi.com.ar/teve/es-una-de-las-periodistas-mas-queridas-de-la-tele-y-lanzo-un-pedido-desesperado-simularon-su-voz-y-su-imagen-con-ia-para-hacer-un-video-falso/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-07 and 2026-10-08 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Article about a different presenter that mentions Castro's earlier denunciation in one sentence; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"paparazzi-amoroso-article-29-sep-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","work"],"unknowns":["What tool produced the video and who made it.","Where and when the video was posted and whether it was paid advertising.","Whether any viewer was deceived or lost money through the casino promotion.","When and in what form Castro had earlier denounced the video.","Whether the channel, a platform or the police took any action."],"geography":{"basis":"The video imitates the anchor of an Argentine news programme and promotes a casino the clip calls known throughout Argentina; the segment was broadcast by El Trece in Argentina. Where the video was produced or posted is not stated. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["AR"],"affected_person_countries":["AR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated) at low severity: the anchor's own broadcaster describes the circulating casino video as made with artificial intelligence with his voice cloned, the clip's invented endorsement is quoted, and the programme exposed it on air with the anchor hoping nobody had been taken in and the co-host saying his clean image was exploited. He is a public figure and is named; no tool is identified and no deceived viewer or loss is reported.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-08"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"El Trece's own write-up of the Telenoche segment says the videos shown were made with artificial intelligence using the images of Messi and of its anchor and that their voices were cloned, and Urgente24 says the clip in which Castro appears speaking to camera with his face and voice is a montage made with AI. That generated endorsement of an online casino is the reported harm: the anchor's programme exposed it on air, he hoped nobody had been taken in, and the co-host said his clean image was being exploited. No tool is named and the research agent did not inspect the video.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Argentine news programme shows an AI-made video using its anchor's cloned image and voice to promote an online casino; co-host says his clean image was used","summary":"On 29 September 2026 the Argentine news programme Telenoche (El Trece) showed a video circulating on social media in which its anchor Nelson Castro appears to announce that 'Casino Santa Fe' is now available online. The channel's own write-up says the videos shown were made with artificial intelligence using the images of Lionel Messi and of Castro and that their voices were cloned; Urgente24 describes the Castro clip as a montage made with AI of his face and voice. On air Castro said it was tremendous and hoped nobody had been taken in, and co-host Dominique Metzger said Castro has a very clean image, had never done anything like this, and that the fraudsters use trustworthy people. Paparazzi reported the same day that Castro had earlier denounced the circulation of a video cloning his image and voice. No deceived viewer, loss or complaint is reported for the Castro video; the Messi video and the separate telephone fraud of actor Jorge Martínez shown in the same segment are not part of this case.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-29","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI video generation with voice cloning, described by El Trece (Telenoche) as videos made with artificial intelligence using the anchor's image with his voice cloned, and by Urgente24 as a montage made with AI of his face and voice","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A news anchor's face and cloned voice were used, according to his own channel's write-up and Urgente24, in an AI-made video promoting an online casino he never endorsed; his programme exposed it on air, he said he hoped nobody had been taken in, and his co-host said his clean image was being exploited (El Trece, Urgente24). No deceived viewer or loss is reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person counted: Nelson Castro, the anchor depicted in the AI-made casino video (El Trece, Urgente24). Lionel Messi, depicted in the other video shown in the segment, belongs to a separately held case and is not counted; viewers are not counted and no deceived person is described.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"AR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.eltrecetv.com.ar/telenoche/2026/09/29/telenoche-la-nueva-estafa-digital-con-imagenes-generadas-con-ia-de-famosos-como-lionel-messi-y-nelson-castro/","primarySourceLabel":"El Trece (Telenoche), 29 September 2026: the new digital scam with AI-generated images of famous people such as Lionel Messi and Nelson Castro","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-08T03:19:48.468879+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-08T03:19:48.468879+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","impersonation","journalist","gambling","argentina","social_media"]},{"id":"2026-antwerp-university-professor-deepfake-video-advertises-prostate-remedy","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'De Universiteit Antwerpen waarschuwt voor een deepfakevideo waarin vaccinoloog en epidemioloog Pierre Van Damme reclame lijkt te maken voor een middel tegen prostaatproblemen'; 'kondigt presentator Xavier Taveirne vanuit een valse televisiestudio een nieuw middel tegen prostaatproblemen aan. Vervolgens lijkt Van Damme ongeveer 2 minuten lang het product aan te prijzen'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The University of Antwerp warned of a deepfake video in which its professor, a vaccinologist and epidemiologist, appears to advertise a remedy for prostate problems; in the video a presenter announces the product from a fake television studio and the professor then appears to praise it for about two minutes.","causal_attribution":"The university's warning and the broadcaster's description of the video; the video itself was not inspected by the research agent."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Ik heb deze video nooit opgenomen'; 'Mijn gezicht, mijn stem en mijn naam worden zonder mijn toestemming gebruikt om een vermeende behandeling tegen prostaatproblemen te promoten. De video probeert kijkers te misleiden'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The professor says he never recorded the video, that his face, voice and name are being used without his consent to promote a purported prostate treatment, and that the video tries to mislead viewers.","causal_attribution":"The professor's own statement as quoted by VRT NWS."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'De professor kreeg verschillende berichten van mensen die de video hadden gezien. Sommigen vroegen hem zelfs of ze hun bestaande medische behandeling moesten stopzetten'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The professor received several messages from people who had seen the video, some of whom asked him whether they should stop their existing medical treatment.","causal_attribution":"Reported by the broadcaster from the professor's account; no viewer is described as having stopped treatment."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'De universiteit meldde het filmpje bij Meta'; 'weigerde de video te verwijderen. Ook na een 2e melding bleef Meta bij dat standpunt. Na een 3e poging werd het filmpje wel van 1 pagina verwijderd'; 'Van Damme en UAntwerpen bekijken verdere juridische stappen'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The university reported the video to Meta, which first said it was not clear the content was unlawful and refused removal, kept that position after a second report, and removed the video from one page after a third attempt; the university says identical or similar videos probably still circulate, and the professor and university are considering further legal steps.","causal_attribution":"The university's account of its reports to Meta and Meta's replies, as reported by VRT NWS; Meta is not quoted directly."}],"effects":[{"label":"professor's face, voice and name used without his consent, by his account, in a generated video endorsing a prostate remedy","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"viewers who saw the video asked the professor whether to stop their existing medical treatment","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"Meta refused two removal requests before removing the video from one page; similar copies believed still circulating","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2026/10/06/uantwerpen-waarschuwt-voor-deepfakevideo-met-pierre-van-damme/","kind":"national_news","access":"read","language":"nl","translation_note":"Read in Dutch: the full VRT NWS article on vrt.be (also checked against its MSN syndication). Passages were translated by the research agent, an AI; no human translator reviewed them.","independence_group":"vrt-nws"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["health"],"unknowns":["Who made the video, with what tool, and on which pages and for how long it circulated.","The product being advertised and whether anyone bought it or stopped treatment after seeing the video.","Whether the presenter shown in the video was also depicted without consent; the article records no statement from him.","Whether a complaint or other legal step has been filed."],"geography":{"basis":"The article does not say where the video was made or where the Facebook pages that carried it are run, so no event country is recorded. The affected person is identified as a professor at the University of Antwerp, which the university's own warning places in Belgium (BE).","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["BE"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published on the university's public warning and the professor's own statement, reported by the public broadcaster, that a generated video uses his face, voice and name to endorse a prostate remedy, with the reported viewer messages and Meta's refusals as the described consequences. Single source; all claims reported; the professor and presenter are public figures named in the university's warning; no private person is identified.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-07"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The university describes the video as a deepfake and the professor says he never recorded it and that his face, voice and name are used in it to promote a purported prostate treatment; the article describes the generated content (about two minutes of apparent endorsement after a presenter's introduction from a fake studio). That generated depiction is the harm: the professor's likeness endorses a product without his consent, and viewers who saw it asked him whether to stop treatment. No tool or maker is identified, and the account rests on the university's warning and the professor's statement as reported by one broadcaster.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"University of Antwerp says a deepfake video uses a professor's face, voice and name to advertise a prostate remedy; viewers asked him whether to stop treatment","summary":"VRT NWS reported on 6 October 2026 that the University of Antwerp had warned of a deepfake video in which one of its professors, a vaccinologist and epidemiologist, appears to advertise a remedy for prostate problems. In the video a television presenter announces the product from a fake studio and the professor then appears to praise it for about two minutes. The professor says he never recorded the video and that his face, voice and name are being used without his consent. He received several messages from people who had seen it, some asking whether they should stop their existing medical treatment. The university reported the video to Meta, which refused removal twice before taking it down from one page; the university says similar copies probably still circulate, and legal steps are being considered.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-06","aiSystem":"A video the university describes as a deepfake ('deepfakevideo'), showing the professor apparently endorsing a prostate remedy for about two minutes after a presenter introduces it from a fake television studio; no tool or maker is identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The professor's face, voice and name were used without his consent, by his account, in a generated video endorsing a purported prostate remedy; viewers then asked him whether to stop their own treatment, and Meta refused removal twice.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the professor whose likeness the university and he himself say was used without consent. The presenter shown in the video is not counted because the article records no statement about his depiction, and the viewers who sent messages are not counted as harmed.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2026/10/06/uantwerpen-waarschuwt-voor-deepfakevideo-met-pierre-van-damme/","primarySourceLabel":"VRT NWS, 6 October 2026: \"UAntwerpen waarschuwt voor deepfakevideo waarin viroloog Pierre Van Damme reclame maakt voor medicijn\"","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-07T03:20:03.617216+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T03:20:03.617216+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","health-misinformation","impersonation","clinician-impersonation","advertising","facebook","takedown","dutch-language-source"]},{"id":"2026-ibague-colombia-ring-ai-altered-faces-voices-video-calls-fake-us-visa-fraud","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'desarticuló en Ibagué una red transnacional señalada de estafar a ciudadanos de siete países con falsas visas y permisos de residencia para Estados Unidos'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'fueron capturadas en flagrancia cinco personas y se realizaron tres diligencias de allanamiento'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Dijín, with the Fiscalía, dismantled in Ibagué a ring accused of defrauding citizens of seven countries with fake visas and residence permits for the United States; five people were captured in flagrante and three searches were carried out.","causal_attribution":"Police and prosecution account; the accusations have not been tested in court."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Mediante la modalidad de DeepFace alteraban sus rostros y acentos durante las videollamadas, logrando suplantar con alta fidelidad a funcionarios consulares y miembros de agencias gubernamentales estadounidenses'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Mediante la modalidad de DeepFace, alteraban sus rostros y acentos durante las videollamadas, logrando suplantar con alta fidelidad a funcionarios consulares y miembros de agencias gubernamentales estadounidenses'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'alterar por completo los rostros, las expresiones, las voces y hasta los acentos en videollamadas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The Dijín director said members altered their faces and accents during video calls and so impersonated consular officials and members of US government agencies. El País (Cali) describes the technology as altering faces, expressions, voices and accents in video calls.","causal_attribution":"Statement of the police director quoted by Caracol Radio and Semana and paraphrased by El País (Cali); no forensic detail is reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'chatbots para la atención inicial de las víctimas, síntesis y clonación de voz, además de videos manipulados para suplantar identidades'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the police, the ring also used chatbots for first contact with victims, voice synthesis and cloning, and manipulated videos.","causal_attribution":"Police description relayed by Caracol Radio."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Esta banda delincuencial habría estafado a más de 500 ciudadanos de siete países mediante la suplantación de funcionarios estadounidenses'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'los implicados habrían manipulado de forma fraudulenta a más de 500 ciudadanos'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Semana and El País (Cali) report that more than 500 citizens are said to have been defrauded or manipulated by the ring.","causal_attribution":"A figure attributed to the investigation and stated conditionally by both outlets."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'la red procedía a exigir cobros económicos que oscilaban entre los 500 y los 2.000 dólares'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"El País (Cali) reports that the ring demanded payments of between 500 and 2,000 dollars once trust was established.","causal_attribution":"Reported by one outlet from the investigation."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'la red afectaba a ciudadanos de Costa Rica, Ecuador, Estados Unidos, Guatemala, Honduras, México y Perú'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'alcanzando a víctimas ubicadas en Estados Unidos, Honduras, Guatemala, Perú, México, Ecuador y Costa Rica'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the authorities, the people affected were citizens of Costa Rica, Ecuador, the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Peru; El País (Cali) describes victims located in those countries.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed by the outlets."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Tres de ellos fueron presentados ante un juez de control de garantías, que legalizó sus capturas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'falsedad personal agravada por uso de inteligencia artificial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Caracol Radio reports that three of those captured were brought before a judge who legalised the captures, and that prosecutors charged them with offences including personal falsehood aggravated by the use of artificial intelligence.","causal_attribution":"Charges are allegations; no court record was read."}],"effects":[{"label":"police say people seeking US visas were defrauded by callers posing as consular officials with AI-altered faces and accents","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://caracol.com.co/2026/07/12/cae-red-en-ibague-que-usaba-ia-para-estafar-con-falsas-visas-a-eeuu/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Spanish-language body read in the original on 2026-10-05 by the research agent (an AI). Passages are quoted verbatim in Spanish. English assertions are the agent's own translation and no human translator reviewed them. Caracol Radio, 12 July 2026; relays the police announcement and quotes the Dijín director.","independence_group":"policia-dijin-ibague-visa-ring-statement"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.elpais.com.co/judicial/cae-en-ibague-banda-que-utilizaba-inteligencia-artificial-para-estafar-con-falsas-visas-1412.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Spanish-language body read in the original on 2026-10-05 by the research agent (an AI). Passages are quoted verbatim in Spanish. English assertions are the agent's own translation and no human translator reviewed them. El País (Cali), 14 July 2026; same police announcement.","independence_group":"policia-dijin-ibague-visa-ring-statement"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/cayo-red-que-usaba-inteligencia-artificial-para-estafar-a-ciudadanos-en-los-tramites-de-la-visa/202648/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Spanish-language body read in the original on 2026-10-05 by the research agent (an AI). Passages are quoted verbatim in Spanish. English assertions are the agent's own translation and no human translator reviewed them. Semana, 13 July 2026; same police announcement.","independence_group":"policia-dijin-ibague-visa-ring-statement"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","public_services"],"unknowns":["When the fraud began; the reports date only the operation and say the investigation lasted six months.","How many of the people defrauded took part in a video call with an altered face or voice.","The total amount lost.","Which software was used; Semana says police experts identified it and does not name it.","The outcome of the criminal case."],"geography":{"basis":"The ring operated from properties in Ibagué, where the searches and captures took place, and three people were brought before a Colombian judge (Caracol Radio). El País (Cali) describes victims located in the United States, Honduras, Guatemala, Peru, Mexico, Ecuador and Costa Rica. Caracol Radio and Semana call the people affected citizens of those countries, which is nationality; only El País (Cali) describes them as located there.","court_countries":["CO"],"event_countries":["CO"],"affected_person_countries":["CR","EC","US","GT","HN","MX","PE"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: according to Colombian police, callers used AI-altered faces and voices in video calls, and chatbots, to defraud people seeking US visas. One reporting chain (the police and prosecution announcement) relayed by three outlets, so every claim stays reported. The people captured are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-05"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Dijín director is quoted saying members altered their faces and accents during video calls (Caracol Radio; Semana), and police list chatbots, voice synthesis and cloning and manipulated videos. The altered video calls and chatbots were channels through which targets were spoken to (communicated_with). Semana reports that experts of the police cyber centre identified and neutralised the AI software allegedly used for the impersonations; no body names it, and no forensic report or court finding is cited.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Colombia: police dismantle a ring in Ibagué accused of defrauding people in seven countries with fake US visas, using AI to alter faces and voices in video calls and pose as consular officials","summary":"Colombian police (Dijín) and prosecutors announced in July 2026 that they had dismantled a ring in Ibagué accused of defrauding citizens of seven countries with fake visas and residence permits for the United States. Five people were captured during three searches. The Dijín director said members altered their faces and accents during video calls to pose as consular officials and members of US government agencies; police also described chatbots for first contact, voice cloning and manipulated videos. Semana and El País (Cali) report that more than 500 people are said to have been defrauded, and El País says the ring demanded payments of between 500 and 2,000 dollars. Three of those captured were charged, according to Caracol Radio.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-07-12","aiSystem":"Face- and accent-altering software used in live video calls (police call the method DeepFace), with chatbots for first contact, voice synthesis and cloning and manipulated videos, as described by Colombian police; no product is identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Police and prosecutors say the ring defrauded people seeking US visas, said in the conditional by Semana and El País (Cali) to number more than 500, with payments of 500 to 2,000 dollars demanded (El País, Cali).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"No reliable count. The authorities say the ring defrauded citizens of seven countries (Caracol Radio; Semana) and give no number in those statements. Semana and El País (Cali) give more than 500 only in the conditional (habría estafado; habrían manipulado), and no body says how many paid or how many took part in a video call with an altered face or voice. Unquantified, with zero placeholders.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"CO","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://caracol.com.co/2026/07/12/cae-red-en-ibague-que-usaba-ia-para-estafar-con-falsas-visas-a-eeuu/","primarySourceLabel":"Caracol Radio, 12 July 2026: Cae red en Ibagué que usaba IA para estafar con falsas visas a EE.UU.","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-05T03:13:55.990498+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T03:13:55.990498+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","video-call-impersonation","voice-cloning","visa-fraud","fraud-ring","colombia","ibague","communicated-with"]},{"id":"2026-thailand-hai-arpaporn-ai-faked-face-voice-gambling-website-ads-cyber-police-raid","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'มาปลอมแปลงใบหน้าและเสียงของ'; 'เพื่อสร้างคลิปโฆษณาชักชวนประชาชนสมัครสมาชิก เว็บออนไลน์ สร้างความเข้าใจผิดว่าเจ้าตัวเป็นผู้แนะนำเว็บไซต์ ทั้งที่ไม่มีส่วนเกี่ยวข้องแต่อย่างใด'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'ซึ่งใบหน้าและเสียงของบุคคลในคลิปถูกตัดต่อด้วยเทคโนโลยี AI เพื่อให้ผู้ชมเข้าใจว่าบุคคลดังกล่าวคือนักร้องลูกทุ่งชื่อดัง'; 'โดยที่ไม่ได้รับความยินยอมจากบุคคลตัวจริงแต่อย่างใด'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Cyber police say a network used AI to fake Hai Arpaporn Nakhonsawan's face and voice in advertising clips urging people to sign up to an online gambling website, giving the false impression that she recommended it although she had no involvement.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed by Manager Online; Komchadluek's description matches it (one chain). No tool or forensic detail is reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ทำเอานักร้องลูกทุ่งตัวแม่ต้องไปหาตำรวจไซเบอร์ โดยพบการกระทำความผิดบนแอปพลิเคชันเฟซบุ๊ก ปรากฎคลิป Reels'; 'ได้โพสต์วิดีโอคลิปโฆษณาชักชวนให้ผู้ชมเข้าเล่นพนันออนไลน์'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The clips were Facebook Reels urging viewers to gamble online, and the singer went to the cyber police.","causal_attribution":"Komchadluek's account; the singer is not quoted about the clips."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'คลิปดังกล่าวเชื่อมโยงไปยังเว็บไซต์ KFC888'; 'เว็บไซต์มีเงินหมุนเวียนเฉลี่ยประมาณ 120 ล้านบาทต่อเดือน'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Police traced the clips to the website KFC888, which offered online lottery, foreign stock-index lottery and sports betting, with turnover estimated at about 120 million baht a month.","causal_attribution":"Police figures relayed by Manager Online."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'เจ้าหน้าที่ได้ขอหมายค้นเข้าตรวจค้นเป้าหมาย 2 จุดในกรุงเทพมหานคร'; 'จากกรณีนำข้อมูลหรือภาพที่สร้างขึ้นด้วย AI ซึ่งอาจก่อให้เกิดความเสียหายแก่บุคคลอื่นเข้าสู่ระบบคอมพิวเตอร์'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Police searched two locations in Bangkok, seized computers and documents, and summoned an authorised person of a payment-gateway company to acknowledge charges including a Computer Crime Act offence over AI-created data or images that may damage others.","causal_attribution":"Police action as relayed by Manager Online; no court step is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"her face and voice were faked with AI in advertising clips for an illegal gambling website, as if she endorsed it","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://mgronline.com/news1/detail/9690000063627","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"th","translation_note":"Read live in Thai on 2026-10-04 (Manager Online, 2 July 2026); the article cites the Royal Thai Police, the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau and its Division 1 as its information source. The article uses the word for online gambling websites in a softened form ('เว็บออนไลน์'); the illegal activities it lists are online lottery, foreign stock-index lottery and sports betting. Researcher translation. Manager Online calls her 'พี่ฮาย' (an honorific that does not mark gender); Komchadluek calls her 'แม่ฮาย' (Mother Hai) and 'ลูกทุ่งตัวแม่', so she/her is used.","independence_group":"thai-ccib-kfc888-statement-2026-07"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.komchadluek.net/entertainment/619240","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"th","translation_note":"Read live in Thai on 2026-10-04 (Komchadluek entertainment section, 1 July 2026). Its account of the clips matches the police account and is treated as the same chain. The page also reports an unrelated message the singer received about underwear, which is not used. Researcher translation. Komchadluek calls the singer 'แม่ฮาย' (Mother Hai) and 'ลูกทุ่งตัวแม่', so she/her is used.","independence_group":"thai-ccib-kfc888-statement-2026-07"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used and who made the clips.","How many people saw the clips or joined the website after seeing them, and whether any lost money.","Whether anyone has been charged in court and whether the singer filed a formal complaint."],"geography":{"basis":"Thai cyber police searched two locations in Bangkok linked to the website and its payment gateway (Manager Online). Neither source says where the clips were made or where the singer lives; no affected-person country is recorded. No court step is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["TH"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: Thai cyber police say AI was used to fake a well-known singer's face and voice in clips promoting an illegal gambling website, and they searched premises and summoned a company's authorised person to acknowledge charges. She is a public figure and is named as the sources do. One police-derived chain (Manager Online; Komchadluek).","reviewed_on":"2026-10-04"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Manager Online, citing the Royal Thai Police and the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, says the network used AI to fake the singer's face and voice in advertising clips, and the charges in the summons include a Computer Crime Act offence over AI-created data or images. Komchadluek says the face and voice in the clips were altered with AI. No tool is named. The clips depicted and impersonated the singer (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Thailand: cyber police say an illegal gambling website, KFC888, used AI to fake the face and voice of luk thung singer Hai Arpaporn Nakhonsawan in advertising clips that urged people to sign up, as if she endorsed it; two Bangkok premises searched and a company representative summoned to acknowledge charges, reported 1 to 2 July 2026","summary":"Manager Online reported on 2 July 2026, citing the Royal Thai Police and its Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, that cyber police had moved against a large online gambling network after finding that it used AI to fake the face and voice of Hai Arpaporn Nakhonsawan, a well-known luk thung singer, in advertising clips that urged people to join the website. The clips gave the false impression that she recommended the site, although she had no involvement. Police traced the clips to the website KFC888, which offered online lottery, foreign stock-index lottery and sports betting, with turnover estimated at about 120 million baht a month. They searched two locations in Bangkok, a residence believed to be linked to the site's executives and an electronic payment-gateway company, seized computers and documents, and summoned an authorised person of the company to acknowledge charges including a Computer Crime Act offence over AI-created images that may damage others. Komchadluek reported on 1 July that the singer went to the cyber police after Facebook Reels clips altered with AI used her face and voice without her consent.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-07-01","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI technology used to fake Hai Arpaporn Nakhonsawan's face and voice in advertising video clips for the KFC888 gambling website, per the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau","aiProduct":"Unidentified video and voice-cloning tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Cyber police say AI was used to fake the singer's face and voice in clips promoting an illegal gambling website, creating the false impression that she endorsed it; Komchadluek reports she went to the cyber police and that the clips used her likeness without consent (Manager Online; Komchadluek).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Hai Arpaporn Nakhonsawan, whose face and voice were faked (Manager Online; Komchadluek). People who saw the clips or joined the website are not counted; no losses are reported. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"TH","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://mgronline.com/news1/detail/9690000063627","primarySourceLabel":"Manager Online, 2 July 2026: Cyber police pursue 2.5-billion-baht website that used AI to fake Hai Arpaporn's face","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:55.628533+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:55.628533+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","ai-faked-voice","celebrity-impersonation","online-gambling","facebook-reels","public-figure","thailand","thai-language"]},{"id":"2026-paraiso-das-aguas-ms-deepfake-viva-sorte-presenter-video-call-farmer-loss","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'O crime foi aplicado por meio de uma videochamada, em que os golpistas usaram tecnologia de deepfake'; 'para simular a presença do apresentador Renato Ambrósio, responsável pelos sorteios do Viva Sorte'; 'o criminoso afirmou que a vítima havia sido contemplada'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'os criminosos utilizaram tecnologia de inteligência artificial para simular, durante uma videochamada, a imagem e a voz do apresentador Renato Ambrósio'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Os criminosos utilizaram inteligência artificial para fazer videochamada com a vítima, assim conseguiram utilizar a imagem e voz do apresentador.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"A rural producer from Paraíso das Águas received a video call in which scammers used AI deepfake technology to simulate the image and voice of Renato Ambrósio, the presenter of the Viva Sorte draws, and was told a prize had been won.","causal_attribution":"Reported by three outlets relaying one BNC Notícias account; how the video was identified as AI-generated is not stated."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'O falso apresentador chamou o produtor pelo nome completo, mencionou informações pessoais'; 'Entre as exigências estavam transferências via Pix, envio de CPF e até o compartilhamento da tela do celular, permitindo que os criminosos visualizassem o acesso ao aplicativo bancário.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Segundo relatos do produtor à polícia, a abordagem foi altamente convincente. O falso apresentador chamou a vítima pelo nome completo, mencionou dados pessoais'; 'Entre as exigências estavam transferências via Pix, envio de CPF e até o compartilhamento da tela do celular com acesso ao aplicativo bancário.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The caller used the farmer's full name and personal details and asked for Pix transfers, the CPF number and sharing of the phone screen with the banking app open.","causal_attribution":"MS Todo Dia attributes the description of the call to the farmer's statements to the police; not independently established."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'acabou acumulando um prejuízo superior a R$ 700 mil'; 'a vítima seguiu as orientações e acabou realizando movimentações financeiras e assumindo um financiamento. Com os juros do empréstimo, o prejuízo final ultrapassou R$ 700 mil.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'A vítima chegou a contratar um financiamento de R$ 360 mil'; 'Com os juros, o prejuízo total ultrapassou R$ 700 mil.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Neste valor, está incluso um financiamento de R$ 360 mil.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The farmer followed the instructions, took out a R$360,000 loan and, with the interest, lost more than R$700,000 in total.","causal_attribution":"The loss amount is reported by one reporting chain; no police or bank figure was inspected."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Nas redes sociais do Viva Sorte, foi publicado um vídeo afirmando que não realizam chamadas de vídeo com os consumidores.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Viva Sorte posted a video on its social media saying it does not make video calls to customers.","causal_attribution":"Reported company response; the video itself was not inspected."}],"effects":[{"label":"lost more than R$700,000, including a R$360,000 loan and its interest, after a deepfake video call","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.campograndenews.com.br/cidades/interior/golpe-com-deepfake-usa-imagem-de-famoso-e-faz-produtor-perder-r-700-mil","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese on 2026-10-04 from the Wayback capture of 2026-04-10 (live page HTTP 403, site firewall). Researcher translation. Credits BNC Notícias. The outlet's AI-generated summary box was not used.","independence_group":"bnc-noticias-paraiso-das-aguas"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.mstododia.com.br/noticias/30737-produtor-rural-perde-mais-de-r-700-mil-em-golpe-com-inteligencia-artificial-em-paraiso-das-aguas","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Credits reporting by BNC, so it is in the same reporting chain as s1.","independence_group":"bnc-noticias-paraiso-das-aguas"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://midiamax.com.br/policia/2026/produtor-rural-cai-golpe-ia-perde-r-700-mil-paraiso-aguas/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese on 2026-10-04 from the Wayback capture of 2026-04-10 (live page HTTP 403). Researcher translation. Ends with a credit to BNC Notícias, so it is in the same reporting chain as s1.","independence_group":"bnc-noticias-paraiso-das-aguas"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When the video call and the transfers happened.","The platform used for the video call.","How the video was identified as AI-generated and which tool was used.","Whether police identified a suspect or any money was recovered.","The content of the original BNC Notícias report and of any police statement."],"geography":{"basis":"The reports describe the victim as a rural producer from Paraíso das Águas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, and Campo Grande News says the case was registered at the town's police station. Where the callers were is not reported. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["BR"],"affected_person_countries":["BR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: according to three regional reports relaying one BNC Notícias account, AI was used to impersonate a television presenter in a video call that led a farmer to lose more than R$700,000. The victim is unidentified in the sources, and the presenter is named only as the person impersonated.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-04"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"All three reports say the scammers used AI (deepfake technology) to simulate the presenter's image and voice during a video call with the farmer. The AI-generated likeness was the channel through which the farmer was spoken to (communicated_with), and it impersonated the presenter (depicted_or_impersonated). The reports do not say how the video was identified as AI-generated or which tool was used.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with","depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Paraíso das Águas, Mato Grosso do Sul: a farmer lost more than R$700,000, including a R$360,000 loan, after a video call in which scammers used AI to simulate the Viva Sorte prize-draw presenter","summary":"Three Mato Grosso do Sul outlets, all crediting BNC Notícias, reported on 10 April 2026 that a rural producer from Paraíso das Águas fell for the so-called Viva Sorte scam. In a video call, scammers used AI deepfake technology to simulate the image and voice of Renato Ambrósio, the presenter of the Viva Sorte prize draws, told the farmer a prize had been won and set out steps to release it: Pix transfers, sending the CPF tax number and sharing the phone screen while the banking app was open. The farmer followed the instructions and took out a R$360,000 loan; with interest, the total loss exceeded R$700,000. One report says the farmer gave this account to the police. The farmer is not identified, no date is given and no arrest is reported.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-04-10","aiSystem":"AI deepfake technology used in a video call to simulate the image and voice of the Viva Sorte presenter, as reported (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A farmer from Paraíso das Águas lost more than R$700,000, including a R$360,000 loan and its interest, after a video call in which scammers used AI to simulate the Viva Sorte presenter, according to three regional reports relaying BNC Notícias.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the Paraíso das Águas farmer who lost more than R$700,000 (all three reports). The presenter whose likeness was simulated is not reported to have been harmed and is not counted, nor is the Distrito Federal target, who made no payment. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"BR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.campograndenews.com.br/cidades/interior/golpe-com-deepfake-usa-imagem-de-famoso-e-faz-produtor-perder-r-700-mil","primarySourceLabel":"Campo Grande News, 10 April 2026: Golpe com deepfake usa imagem de famoso e faz produtor perder R$ 700 mil","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:30.313355+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:30.313355+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","video-call","celebrity-impersonation","prize-scam","fraud","mato-grosso-do-sul","brazil","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-malang-ai-cloned-friend-voice-call-rp80-million-loss","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'membeberkan kasus terbaru yang menimpa seorang warga di Malang'; 'Korban terkecoh hingga menderita kerugian materiil mencapai Rp80 juta'; 'Pelaku memanfaatkan teknologi AI untuk mengkloning atau menirukan suara teman dekat korban secara sangat presisi, lalu menghubungi korban menggunakan nomor baru'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the head of OJK Malang, a resident of Malang lost Rp80 million after the perpetrator used AI to clone the voice of the resident's close friend and called from a new number to ask for a transfer.","causal_attribution":"The official's account as reported by one outlet; the basis for identifying the voice as an AI clone is not given."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Begitu suara orang terdekatnya berhasil dikloning dengan AI, pelaku menghubungi korban untuk meminta transfer uang'; 'Korban percaya penuh karena suaranya identik'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The official said the perpetrator called to ask for a money transfer and the victim believed the voice because it sounded identical.","causal_attribution":"The official's quoted description, which is partly phrased as a general method; attributed to the official."}],"effects":[{"label":"lost Rp80 million after a call in an AI-cloned voice of a close friend","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://malang-post.com/2026/10/02/warga-malang-rugi-rp80-juta-akibat-kloning-suara-ai-ojk-minta-masyarakat-waspada-modus-deepfake/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read in Indonesian on 2026-10-03 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Reports the OJK Malang head's remarks on a Radio City Guide FM talk show; the broadcast itself was not heard.","independence_group":"malang-post-ojk"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When the call and the transfer happened.","Whether the victim reported it to police, the bank or OJK, and whether any money was recovered.","How the voice was established to be an AI clone and which tool was used.","The platform or phone service used for the call."],"geography":{"basis":"The official describes the case as one that befell a resident of Malang, East Java, Indonesia (Malang Post). No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["ID"],"affected_person_countries":["ID"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: an AI-cloned voice impersonating a friend was used to speak to a person and obtain Rp80 million, according to a named regulator official as reported by one outlet. The victim is unidentified in the source; no detail beyond the official's account is added.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-03"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Malang Post reports the head of OJK Malang as saying the perpetrator used AI to clone the voice of the victim's close friend and called the victim in that voice. The AI-generated voice was the channel through which the victim was spoken to (communicated_with), and it impersonated the friend (depicted_or_impersonated). No forensic detail, recording or tool is reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with","depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Malang, East Java: the head of the financial regulator's local office says a resident lost Rp80 million after a caller used an AI clone of a close friend's voice to ask for a transfer","summary":"Malang Post reported on 2 October 2026 that the head of the Malang office of Indonesia's Financial Services Authority (OJK), speaking on a Radio City Guide FM talk show that day, described the latest case to befall a resident of Malang. According to the report, the perpetrator used AI to clone the voice of the victim's close friend very precisely and called the victim from a new number to ask for a money transfer; the victim believed the voice and lost Rp80 million. No date, police report or arrest is given. The account is the OJK official's as reported by one outlet; the call was not heard and the victim is not identified.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-02","aiSystem":"AI used to clone the voice of the victim's close friend for a fraudulent call, according to the head of OJK Malang as reported (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A Malang resident lost Rp80 million after a caller used an AI-cloned voice of the resident's close friend to ask for a transfer, according to the head of OJK Malang as reported by Malang Post.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the Malang resident who lost Rp80 million (OJK Malang head via Malang Post). The friend whose voice was cloned is not reported to have been harmed and is not counted. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"ID","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://malang-post.com/2026/10/02/warga-malang-rugi-rp80-juta-akibat-kloning-suara-ai-ojk-minta-masyarakat-waspada-modus-deepfake/","primarySourceLabel":"Malang Post, 2 October 2026: Malang resident loses Rp80 million to AI voice cloning, OJK warns","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-03T03:21:26.796339+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-03T03:21:26.796339+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["voice-cloning","impersonation-scam","fraud","east-java","indonesia","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-keraniganj-italy-based-expatriate-ai-female-soldier-persona-romance-fraud-pbi-arrest","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'সামাজিক যোগাযোগমাধ্যম ফেসবুকে ‘লেডি সোলজার/নারী যোদ্ধা’ নামের একটি পেজের মাধ্যমে এআই প্রযুক্তি দিয়ে তৈরি সেনাপোশাক পরা নারী সদস্যের আকর্ষণীয় ছবি ও ভিডিও পোস্ট করা হতো।'; 'ভুক্তভোগী ইতালি প্রবাসী তরুণ'; 'বাড়ি কেরানীগঞ্জে'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'কৃত্রিম বুদ্ধিমত্তা (এআই) ব্যবহার করে বাংলাদেশ সেনাবাহিনীর নারী সদস্যের পোশাক পরা ছবি ও ভিডিও তৈরি করে সামাজিক যোগাযোগমাধ্যমে ব্যবহার করে এক ইতালি প্রবাসীর সঙ্গে প্রেমের সম্পর্ক গড়ে তোলার অভিযোগ উঠেছে।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A Facebook page called 'Lady Soldier' posted AI-made photos and videos of a woman in Bangladesh Army uniform, through which a man built a romantic relationship with a young man from Keraniganj living in Italy.","causal_attribution":"PBI Dhaka District account as relayed; how the material was established as AI-made is not reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'নারীর মতো কণ্ঠে কথা বলতে পারেন'; 'পরে ইমোতে নারী কণ্ঠে কথা বলার মাধ্যমে সম্পর্ক বজায় রাখতেন তিনি'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'পুরুষ হলেও নিখুঁতভাবে নারীদের মতো মেহি কণ্ঠে কথা বলতে পারদর্শী'; 'মেসেঞ্জার ও ইমোতে (Imo) ভয়েস কলে'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The accused spoke to the young man in a woman's voice himself on Messenger and Imo calls.","causal_attribution":"PBI investigation findings as relayed."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'প্রেমের সুবাদে ইতালিতে থাকা'; 'তাঁর দেশে থাকা মায়ের কাছ থেকে বিভিন্ন সময়ে বিকাশ ও নগদের মাধ্যমে “মায়ের চিকিৎসার” কথা বলে মোট ৭ লাখ টাকা হাতিয়ে নেওয়া হয়'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'তার মায়ের কাছ থেকে বিকাশ ও নগদের মাধ্যমে প্রায় ৭ লাখ টাকা নেওয়া হয়'; 'আসামি নিজের মায়ের অসুস্থতার কথা বলেও বিভিন্ন সময়ে টাকা নেন বলে তদন্তে জানা গেছে'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"About Tk 7 lakh was taken at different times through bKash and Nagad from the young man in Italy and his mother in Bangladesh, partly by citing the accused's own mother's illness.","causal_attribution":"PBI account of the complaint and the traced transactions; no court finding."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'এ ঘটনায় প্রথমে আদালতে সিআর মামলা করেন ভুক্তভোগীর মা।'; 'এর ভিত্তিতে ১০ সেপ্টেম্বর কেরানীগঞ্জ মডেল থানায় মামলা করা হয়। ১৩ সেপ্টেম্বর মামলাটি স্বউদ্যোগে তদন্তের জন্য নেয় পিবিআই ঢাকা জেলা।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The young man's mother first filed a complaint case in court; a case was filed at Keraniganj Model police station on 10 September 2026 and taken over by PBI Dhaka District on 13 September.","causal_attribution":"PBI account."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'এ ঘটনায় গত ২০ সেপ্টেম্বর ঢাকার দারুস সালাম এলাকা থেকে'; 'রিমান্ড শেষে ২৩ সেপ্টেম্বর তিনি আদালতে ফৌজদারি কার্যবিধির ১৬৪ ধারায় স্বীকারোক্তিমূলক জবানবন্দি দিয়েছেন বলে জানিয়েছে পিবিআই'; 'আদালত এক দিনের রিমান্ড মঞ্জুর করেন'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'এ সময় তাঁর কাছ থেকে প্রতারণায় ব্যবহৃত একাধিক সিম ও ৩টি স্মার্টফোন জব্দ করা হয়।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"PBI arrested the accused in the Darus Salam area of Dhaka on 20 September 2026, seized three phones, and says he gave a confessional statement under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure on 23 September after one day's remand.","causal_attribution":"PBI account at the 27 September briefing."}],"effects":[{"label":"drawn into a romance by a Facebook page posting AI-made photos and videos of a female soldier and defrauded of about Tk 7 lakh with his mother","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.deshebideshe.com/455942/by-posing-as-a-female-soldier-using-ai/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"bn","translation_note":"Read live in Bangla on 2026-10-02 (DesheBideshe, Dhaka, 27 September 2026); relays the PBI Dhaka District press briefing. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"pbi-dhaka-district-briefing"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.gulfbangla.com/Bangladesh/3491/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"bn","translation_note":"Read live in Bangla on 2026-10-02 (Gulf Bangla, 28 September 2026, desk report); relays the same PBI briefing with fuller case chronology. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"pbi-dhaka-district-briefing"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["relationships","finance"],"unknowns":["Which tool made the photos and videos, and how PBI established that they were AI-made.","When the relationship began and when the payments were made.","Whether other people were targeted through the same page, and whether others were involved, which PBI says it is checking."],"geography":{"basis":"PBI says money was taken from the young man in Italy and from his mother in Bangladesh, whose home is in Keraniganj; the accused was arrested in Dhaka and the case is before Bangladeshi police and courts (DesheBideshe; Gulf Bangla). The young man was living in Italy when the money was taken from him and his mother was in Bangladesh, so the event spans both countries; no source states where the accused was when he ran the page.","court_countries":["BD"],"event_countries":["BD","IT"],"affected_person_countries":["IT","BD"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a reported adverse experience: a young man and his mother lost money to a romance built through a Facebook page that police say posted AI-made photos and videos of a female soldier. The account is PBI Dhaka District's, relayed by Bangla outlets. The victim, his mother and the accused are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-02"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"DesheBideshe attributes to PBI Dhaka District the statement that the Facebook page posted photos and videos of a woman in army uniform made with AI technology. Gulf Bangla states the AI use in its lead as an allegation, and its paraphrase of the superintendent's briefing mentions the uniform photos and videos without AI. Neither report names the tool or says how this was established. PBI says the accused spoke in a woman's voice himself. The AI-made material depicted the female-soldier persona the accused presented, no source says whether any real woman's likeness was used, and the victim's conversations were with the accused, so none of the listed relations between an AI system and him is established. The relation is recorded as unknown.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["unknown"]},"name":"Keraniganj, Bangladesh: a 22-year-old expatriate in Italy and his mother lost about Tk 7 lakh to a man who ran a Facebook page with AI-made photos and videos of a woman in army uniform and talked to him in a woman's voice; PBI arrested the man in September 2026","summary":"The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Dhaka District said at a press briefing on 27 September 2026 that a man had run a Facebook page called 'Lady Soldier' that posted AI-made photos and videos of a woman in Bangladesh Army uniform. Through the page he built a romantic relationship with a 22-year-old man from Keraniganj who lives in Italy, speaking to him in a woman's voice on Messenger and Imo calls. According to PBI, about Tk 7 lakh was taken in instalments through bKash and Nagad from the young man in Italy and from his mother in Bangladesh, partly by citing the accused's own mother's illness. His mother first filed a complaint case in court, and a case was then filed at Keraniganj Model police station on 10 September. PBI arrested a 35-year-old man in Dhaka on 20 September and seized three phones. PBI says he gave a confessional statement in court on 23 September.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-27","aiSystem":"AI-made photos and videos of a woman in Bangladesh Army uniform posted on a Facebook page called 'Lady Soldier', per PBI Dhaka District; the tool is not named. The voice on calls was the accused's own, per PBI","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A young expatriate and his mother lost about Tk 7 lakh to a man who drew him into a romance through a Facebook page posting AI-made photos and videos of a female soldier (PBI Dhaka District, via Gulf Bangla and DesheBideshe).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Two people: the young man in Italy and his mother, from whom PBI says the money was taken (Gulf Bangla; DesheBideshe). Exact 2.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"BD","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.deshebideshe.com/455942/by-posing-as-a-female-soldier-using-ai/","primarySourceLabel":"DesheBideshe, 27 September 2026: এআই দিয়ে ‘নারী সেনা’ সেজে ইতালি প্রবাসীর সঙ্গে প্রেম (PBI arrest report)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-02T03:17:44.407305+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-02T03:17:44.407305+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-images","ai-generated-video","fake-persona","romance-scam","facebook","mobile-money","bangladesh","keraniganj","pbi"]},{"id":"2026-middle-school-teacher-ai-looking-tiktok-impersonation-sexual-videos-student-harassment","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'One middle school teacher in her mid-twenties tells WIRED'; '(She requested anonymity because she did not have permission from her school district to speak about her experience.)'; 'A few months ago, the teacher says, she learned from a student about a TikTok account impersonating her. It looked AI-generated—her face had the characteristic smoothness of AI-generated content, her mouth was moving unnaturally while speaking, and the sound of her voice didn’t match her own.'; 'Some of the videos showed her doing things like skydiving or backflips. But others depicted her talking about sexual acts she performed and enjoyed.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'WIRED spoke with three other teachers who allege that their students made sexualized photos and videos of them, likely using AI.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"An anonymous middle-school teacher in her mid-twenties says that a few months before WIRED's report she learned from a student of a TikTok account impersonating her whose videos looked AI-generated (a smooth face, unnatural mouth movement and a voice unlike hers); some showed her skydiving or doing backflips and others depicted her talking about sexual acts.","causal_attribution":"The teacher's account; the AI attribution is her inference from the videos' appearance and voice."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'She says she told her principal about the account and that they assured her that they would “see what we can do.”'; 'Throughout the day, students continued to warn her about the account.'; 'She says that some told her that they knew who made the account—one of their classmates.'; 'I know a lot of the kids that reported it to me genuinely believed that was my account, and that I was saying those things'; 'She asked them to report it to TikTok, and she says the account was quickly taken down.'; 'Still unnerved by the incident, she mentioned the TikTok account during the next monthly teacher meeting.'; 'worried about this happening again'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"She told her principal; some of the students who warned her said a classmate had made the account, and she says many of the students who reported it to her believed it was her own account; after she asked students to report it to TikTok, she says the account was quickly taken down; she was still unnerved when she raised it at the next monthly teacher meeting and says she is worried about it happening again.","causal_attribution":"The teacher's account; the maker's identity rests on what students told her."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'she became the target of escalating, in-person harassment from this same student'; 'She says the principal removed the student from her class and tried to limit his access to her. But she says that the harassment continued until the student ultimately left the district, and TikTok removed the account.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"She says she then became the target of escalating in-person harassment from the same student; the principal removed the student from her class and tried to limit the student's access to her, but the harassment continued until the student left the district.","causal_attribution":"The teacher's account. The in-person harassment was not AI-generated; it is recorded as a reported consequence involving the same student."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A colleague said he had seen a seemingly AI-generated fake video of himself getting arrested, which he believed was generated by the same student.'; 'the assistant principal said that the same student was calling and texting them in the middle of the night and posting apparent AI-generated photos of them to TikTok.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"At staff meetings a colleague said he had seen a seemingly AI-generated fake video of himself being arrested that he believed the same student made, and the assistant principal said the same student had been calling and texting at night and posting apparent AI-generated photos to TikTok.","causal_attribution":"Secondhand statements relayed by the teacher; WIRED does not make clear whom the assistant principal's 'them' refers to."}],"effects":[{"label":"a TikTok account that looked AI-generated impersonated her, including videos of her talking about sexual acts, and students believed it was her","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"she was harassed in person by the student said to have made the account until the student left the district","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.wired.com/story/teachers-deepfake-ai-students-content/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-10-02 (HTTP 200; WIRED, Caroline Haskins, 24 August 2026); visible text and the page JSON-LD articleBody saved and compared with the 2026-09-30 fetch (article text unchanged). The teacher spoke anonymously; her account is given in her own words and in WIRED's paraphrase. WIRED gives no location and no school statement.","independence_group":"wired-haskins-teachers-deepfakes-2026-08-24"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","education","privacy"],"unknowns":["Where the school is; WIRED gives no place or country.","When exactly the account appeared, beyond a few months before the August 2026 report.","Which tool, if any, generated the videos.","Whether the school or district disciplined the student for the account itself.","Whether the colleague and the assistant principal were harmed."],"geography":{"basis":"WIRED does not say where the teacher works or lives; it reports only that she lacked permission from her school district to speak. No country is recorded.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the charter's personal-account rule as a concrete account by an adult teacher who spoke to a journalist anonymously about her own case (depicted_or_impersonated): a TikTok account that looked AI-generated impersonated her with sexual content that students believed, and in-person harassment by the student said to be behind it followed. One reporting chain (WIRED); AI involvement is suspected; no location is recorded. The teacher and students are not identified.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-02"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The teacher says the impersonation videos looked AI-generated because of the face's smoothness, unnatural mouth movement and a voice that did not match hers; WIRED introduces the teachers as alleging their students made the content, likely using AI. Students said a classmate made the account. No tool is named and no technical assessment is reported.","status":"suspected"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"A middle-school teacher says a TikTok account that looked AI-generated impersonated her, including videos of her talking about sexual acts that students believed were real; the student said to be behind it then harassed her in person until leaving the district","summary":"WIRED (Caroline Haskins, 24 August 2026) reports the account of a middle-school teacher in her mid-twenties who spoke anonymously because her district had not given her permission. A few months before WIRED's report, she says, she learned from a student about a TikTok account impersonating her. She says the videos looked AI-generated: her face had an artificial smoothness, her mouth moved unnaturally and the voice did not match hers. Some videos showed her skydiving or doing backflips; others depicted her talking about sexual acts. She says many of the students who warned her believed it was her account. She told her principal and says she was still unnerved by it; some students told her a classmate had made it, and after she asked students to report it the account was quickly taken down. She says the same student then harassed her in person with escalating insults; the principal removed the student from her class, and the harassment continued until the student left the district. WIRED gives no location for her school.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-08-24","aiSystem":"Unidentified tool suspected of generating the impersonation videos: the teacher says they looked AI-generated (smooth face, unnatural mouth movement, a voice that did not match hers); the tool is not named","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool (suspected)","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A TikTok account that looked AI-generated impersonated her, including videos of her talking about sexual acts that students believed were real, she was unnerved, and the student said to be behind it then harassed her in person until leaving the district (the teacher's account to WIRED).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One teacher describes the harm to herself. A colleague's account of a seemingly AI-generated arrest video and the assistant principal's account of night-time calls and apparent AI photos are reported secondhand without stated harm, so they are not counted; the count is a lower bound of 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"unknown","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"internal_action","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.wired.com/story/teachers-deepfake-ai-students-content/","primarySourceLabel":"WIRED, 24 August 2026: They Dedicated Their Lives to Teaching. Then the Deepfakes Started (Caroline Haskins)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-02T03:16:38.051208+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-02T03:16:38.051208+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","impersonation","sexualised-content","teacher","school","tiktok","harassment","depicted-or-impersonated","first-person-via-journalist","anonymous-source"]},{"id":"2026-italy-fano-pensioner-fake-police-video-call-ai-made-emblem-jewellery-theft","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'La chiamata si è spostata sul telefono con tanto di video. Il malvivente aveva sullo schermo lo stemma della polizia, tutto creato ad arte con l’intelligenza artificiale.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'un interlocutore che si spacciava per ispettore di polizia.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'La videochiamata con lo stemma della polizia di Stato a fare da sfondo e rendere tutto più credibile.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The caller, posing as a police inspector, moved the 66-year-old to a video call on which the Polizia di Stato emblem shown on screen had been created with artificial intelligence.","causal_attribution":"The paper's description; it does not attribute the AI element to the Carabinieri or the victim."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Il 66enne davanti alla telecamera dello smartphone, ha mostrato uno per uno i monili d'oro e i preziosi custoditi in casa.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Pochi minuti dopo, alla porta dell'abitazione si è presentato un complice che ha preso tutti i monili. Il bottino è da quantificare ma si parla di qualche migliaia di euro.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"After he showed his jewellery on the video call, an accomplice came to his door and took all of it, reportedly worth a few thousand euros.","causal_attribution":"The video call was the means by which the fake inspector persuaded him to show his valuables; the amount is not yet quantified."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Il pensionato si è accorto poco dopo della truffa e ha allertato i carabinieri che stanno indagando'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"He realised the scam shortly afterwards and alerted the Carabinieri, who are investigating.","causal_attribution":"Investigation status as reported by the paper."}],"effects":[{"label":"all his gold jewellery taken after a fake police inspector's video call showing a reportedly AI-made police emblem","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.corriereadriatico.it/pesaro/nuova_truffa_videochiamata_falsi_poliziotti_videochiamata_stamma_polizia-9795813.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live in Italian on 2026-10-01 (Corriere Adriatico, published 1 October 2026 03:10 CEST). No quoted police statement. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"corriere-adriatico-fano-66"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The date of the incident.","How the paper established that the emblem was AI-made, and whether anything else in the video was AI-generated.","The exact value taken.","Whether the same group carried out the earlier Fano and Fossombrone incidents."],"geography":{"basis":"Corriere Adriatico describes the victim as a 66-year-old from Fano ('66enne fanese') living in Poderino, and the collection took place at his home; Fano is in Italy. The callers' location is unknown.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IT"],"affected_person_countries":["IT"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter: a pensioner lost his jewellery after a fake police inspector spoke with him through a video call showing a police emblem that a local paper says was made with AI. One local news report; the victim is a private individual and is not named. The AI element rests on the paper's description.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-01"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Corriere Adriatico states that the police emblem on the caller's screen was 'tutto creato ad arte con l'intelligenza artificiale'. It does not say who identified the AI element, and no recording, forensic detail or tool is reported. No AI alteration of the caller's face or voice is reported. The AI-made emblem was part of the video call through which the fake inspector spoke with the victim (communicated_with); the victim was not depicted.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Italy: a 66-year-old pensioner in Fano shows his jewellery on a video call from a fake police inspector whose on-screen Polizia di Stato emblem a local paper says was made with AI, and an accomplice takes all of it","summary":"Corriere Adriatico reported on 1 October 2026 that a 66-year-old pensioner in Fano answered his landline to a caller posing as a police inspector, who said his car was involved in a jewellery-shop robbery and that he had to check his jewellery at home to avoid legal trouble. The call moved to a video call in which the caller had the Polizia di Stato emblem on screen, which the paper says was created with artificial intelligence. The man showed his gold jewellery piece by piece; while he was kept on the phone, an accomplice came to the door and took all of it, reportedly worth a few thousand euros. He realised it was a scam shortly afterwards and alerted the Carabinieri, who are investigating.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-10-01","aiSystem":"The Polizia di Stato emblem shown on the caller's screen during the video call, 'tutto creato ad arte con l'intelligenza artificiale' (Corriere Adriatico); the tool is not identified and no AI alteration of the caller's face or voice is reported","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["property_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A 66-year-old pensioner lost all his gold jewellery, reportedly worth a few thousand euros, after a fake police inspector on a video call with a reportedly AI-made police emblem persuaded him to show it and an accomplice collected it (Corriere Adriatico).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, a 66-year-old pensioner in Fano (Corriere Adriatico). Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"elderly","jurisdiction":"IT","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.corriereadriatico.it/pesaro/nuova_truffa_videochiamata_falsi_poliziotti_videochiamata_stamma_polizia-9795813.html","primarySourceLabel":"Corriere Adriatico, 1 October 2026: Fano, nuova truffa con la videochiamata: falsi poliziotti raggirano un 66enne","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-01T03:18:15.68917+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-01T03:18:15.68917+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["video-call-scam","fake-police-scam","ai-generated-imagery","elderly","jewellery-theft","italy","italian-language"]},{"id":"2026-honduras-surgeon-emec-cherenfant-ai-altered-facebook-videos-prostate-remedy","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'El Mirón, la sección de verificación de Criterio.hn, encontró tres videos alterados en imagen y audio, posteados en un perfil de Facebook, en el cual utilizan la imagen del doctor Cherenfant.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'En los videos, la imagen artificial de Cherenfant señala que ayudó a sus amigos, los futbolistas Guevara y caballero, a vencer la prostatitis, sin necesidad de cirugía, con un remedio, el cual se puede consumir en casa, sin visitar hospitales.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"El Mirón found three videos on a Facebook profile, altered in image and audio, that use Cherenfant's image to give advice on prostatitis and related conditions.","causal_attribution":"The outlet's verification; the researcher did not view the videos."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ZeroGPT detectó las inconsistencias en el video en el cual aparecen Emec Cherenfant y Amado Guevara y detectó se creó con inteligencia artificial.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'ZeroGPT confirmó también que este video es producto de la IA.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"El Mirón reports that ZeroGPT detected the video with Amado Guevara as created with artificial intelligence and confirmed the third video as an AI product.","causal_attribution":"Detector output as reported by the outlet; the method is not described."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'En el chat, nos respondieron que la publicidad es engañosa y que es un urólogo quien debe atender enfermedades relacionadas con la próstata.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Hospital San Jorge, where Cherenfant offers his services, told El Mirón by WhatsApp that the advertising is deceptive.","causal_attribution":"The hospital's reply as reported by the outlet."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'No tengo nada que ver con las articulaciones, nada que ver con la próstata, nada que ver con la visión, con los ojos, no tengo nada que ver con la impotencia sexual'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'señaló que hace dos años presentó una denuncia ante el Ministerio Público, para evitar ser asociado con las consecuencias que puedan pasar personas que caigan en la red de estafas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'No quiero que alguien algún día se muera por un medicamento de estos y que asocien al doctor Cherenfant a esa muerte. Conozca a su cirujano. Son estafadores. No se dejen engañar, es pura inteligencia artificial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'hay un grupo de estafadores que no se cansan de utilizar su nombre e imagen para vender productos que ni siquiera conoce.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Cherenfant said he has nothing to do with prostate treatment, that scammers repeatedly use his name and image, and that he filed a complaint with the Ministerio Público two years ago.","causal_attribution":"His own account; the earlier complaint concerns the recurring scams in general and the source does not say when these three videos were first posted."}],"effects":[{"label":"AI-altered videos show him promoting a prostatitis remedy outside his specialty","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://criterio.hn/emec-cherenfant-advierte-estafas-con-videos-de-ia-que-utilizan-su-imagen/","kind":"fact_check","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-10-01 (Criterio.hn, El Mirón verification section, 30 September 2026), including the outlet's interview with Cherenfant. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"criterio-el-miron"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","health"],"unknowns":["When the three videos were posted and how widely they circulated.","Whether anyone bought the remedy or was harmed by it.","Whether a takedown or new complaint followed for these videos.","Which tool generated the videos, and how ZeroGPT was applied to video."],"geography":{"basis":"Criterio.hn describes him as naturalised Honduran ('nacionalizado hondureño'), known in Honduras for his TV programme, and offering his services at Hospital San Jorge. The videos were posted on a Facebook profile whose location is not stated, so no event country is recorded.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["HN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: videos that a fact-check desk describes as AI-altered depicted the surgeon promoting a remedy outside his specialty, and he describes the misuse in his own words. He is a public figure and is named as the source does. One source, a fact-check that includes his interview; the videos were not inspected by the researcher.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-01"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Criterio.hn's El Mirón concludes that the three videos are false because they were created with AI by scammers ('fueron creados con IA por estafadores'), describes his 'imagen artificial' and a false voice, and reports that ZeroGPT flagged the first and third videos as AI-made and said the second 'genera poca confianza, por su contenido amañado creado con IA'. ZeroGPT is mainly known as a text detector and the outlet does not explain how it was applied to video, so the detector result is recorded as the outlet's report. Cherenfant calls the content 'pura inteligencia artificial'. The researcher did not inspect the videos and no generation tool is named. The videos depicted him (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Honduras: Criterio.hn's fact-check desk finds three Facebook videos altered with AI in which plastic surgeon Emec Cherenfant appears to promote a home remedy for prostatitis; he says scammers keep using his name and image","summary":"El Mirón, the verification section of Criterio.hn, reported on 30 September 2026 that it found three videos on a Facebook profile, altered in image and audio, that use the image of the plastic and reconstructive surgeon Emec Cherenfant to offer a remedy for prostatitis and related problems. In the videos his artificial image says he helped former footballers beat prostatitis without surgery and invites viewers to write to him on WhatsApp. El Mirón says the manipulation is evident from the vocabulary, voice and body movements and that the detector ZeroGPT flagged the videos as AI-made. The hospital where he offers his services told El Mirón the advertising is deceptive. Cherenfant said he has nothing to do with prostate treatment, that scammers repeatedly use his name and image, and that he filed a complaint with the Ministerio Público two years ago. 'Son estafadores. No se dejen engañar, es pura inteligencia artificial', he said. No buyer losses are reported.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-30","aiSystem":"Three Facebook videos 'manipulados con IA' showing the surgeon's altered image and a false voice promoting a prostatitis remedy (Criterio.hn El Mirón, which ran them through ZeroGPT); the generation tool and the profile's operators are not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"AI-altered videos showed the surgeon promoting a prostatitis remedy outside his specialty; he says scammers repeatedly misuse his name and image and fears being associated with harm to people who buy such products (his interview with Criterio.hn El Mirón).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Emec Cherenfant (Criterio.hn). The former footballers shown on the video covers are not counted because no harm to them is reported, and no viewer is reported deceived. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://criterio.hn/emec-cherenfant-advierte-estafas-con-videos-de-ia-que-utilizan-su-imagen/","primarySourceLabel":"Criterio.hn (El Mirón), 30 September 2026: Emec Cherenfant advierte estafas con videos de IA que utilizan su imagen","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-01T03:18:11.893375+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-01T03:18:11.893375+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","fake-advertisement","health-product-scam","doctor-impersonation","fact-check","honduras","spanish-language"]},{"id":"2025-montreal-icu-chief-francois-marquis-ai-deepfake-ads-scam-victim-icu","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'he said there has been a proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) generated deepfakes on people’s social media feeds.'; 'It’s all people calling me and telling me there’s some deepfakes, you know, running around.'; 'he’s talking about joint pain and selling supplements. But more seriously, he said he’s seen videos where he is peddling cures for cancer and anti-pharmaceutical propaganda.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Marquis said he was in disbelief when he first learned his image was being used in a deepfake video.'; 'He received phone calls from people saying \"you're all over Facebook,\"'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'said he's heard from multiple patients and colleagues that videos featuring his likeness — all selling a range of pills or products — keep popping up on Facebook.'; 'referring to the latest AI-generated ad.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Dr. François Marquis, chief of intensive care at Montreal's Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, says AI-generated deepfake videos using his likeness have circulated on Facebook since at least August 2025, selling joint supplements, pills and cancer cures and spreading anti-pharmaceutical claims; he learns of them from people who call him because he is not on social media.","causal_attribution":"The doctor's own account in three interviews (CBC 2025, CTV and CBC 2026); no inspected source reproduces or analyses a video."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'This poor man actually ended up, you know, barging in the ICU and he wanted his money back because he never received the drugs,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'after a person who was taken for a few hundred dollars in an online scam showed up at the hospital demanding his money back.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Marquis recalled a victim of one deepfake scam who came looking for him in the ICU, wanting his money back for pills that were never delivered.'; 'that person invested hundreds of dollars in those pills and never received anything,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"A person who paid hundreds of dollars for pills advertised in one of the deepfakes, and never received them, came to the hospital and into the ICU demanding his money back from Dr. Marquis.","causal_attribution":"Recounted by Dr. Marquis in each interview; the person is not identified and did not speak to the outlets. The three accounts appear to describe the same visit, but no source confirms that."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'has reported the deepfakes to Quebec’s College of Physicians and Montreal police, but he said there is little else he can do to make these videos stop, except speaking out about them.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'he routinely struggles to get deepfake videos taken down before new ones pop back up — even though he's flagged them to social media platforms, Quebec's medical college and the police.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Basically I was told that there's nothing they can really do,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Dr. Marquis has reported the deepfakes to the Collège des médecins du Québec, Montreal police and social media platforms, but says new videos keep appearing and there is little he can do to stop them.","causal_attribution":"The doctor's account; he says he was told 'there's nothing they can really do', and no statement from the platforms, police or the college is reported."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'now it's about the security of the people in the hospital,'; 'The other problem is that some people will actually stop taking their usual medication to take this fake drug,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"He says the visit by the scam victim raised a security concern for people in the hospital, and that some people may stop their usual medication for fake drugs.","causal_attribution":"The doctor's stated concern; no patient who stopped treatment because of these videos is described."}],"effects":[{"label":"his face and voice used in AI-generated deepfake ads selling supplements, cancer cures and anti-pharmaceutical claims on Facebook","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"a person who paid hundreds of dollars for pills advertised in one of the deepfakes never received them and came to the ICU demanding his money back","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"reports to the medical college, police and platforms have not stopped the videos","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/deepfakes-of-well-known-montreal-doctor-raising-alarm/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-01 from the live CTV News page (18 September 2026); article text from the page JSON-LD articleBody. Interview with Dr. Marquis.","independence_group":"marquis-own-account"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-doctors-deepfake-scams-warning-1.7599117","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-01 from the live CBC News page (1 August 2025, updated 4 August 2025). Interview with Dr. Marquis and another Quebec physician.","independence_group":"marquis-own-account"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://ca.news.yahoo.com/deepfake-doctors-peddling-bogus-cures-080000588.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-01 from the Yahoo News Canada copy of a CBC News feature (18 September 2026). Interview with Dr. Marquis and other physicians.","independence_group":"marquis-own-account"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["health","work","finance"],"unknowns":["Who made and paid for the ads, which AI tool was used, and how many videos exist.","Whether the ICU visit described in 2025 and in 2026 is the same event, and how many people bought products from the ads.","Whether Meta removed any of the reported ads, and the outcome of the police and medical-college reports.","When the first deepfake appeared (before August 2025)."],"geography":{"basis":"Dr. Marquis is chief of intensive care at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital in Montreal, where the scam victim confronted him (CTV, CBC). The ads circulate on Facebook and their origin is not stated, so the event country is left unknown.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["CA"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): a named Montreal ICU chief, a public figure speaking on record to CBC and CTV, says AI deepfake ads using his likeness have sold supplements and cures on Facebook since at least August 2025, and that a scam victim who paid hundreds of dollars for undelivered pills confronted him in the ICU. The account rests on his own interviews; the ads' makers are unknown. The scam victim is not identified.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-01"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Dr. Marquis describes the videos as AI-generated deepfakes using his likeness (CTV News 2026; CBC 2025 and 2026), and CBC calls the latest one an AI-generated ad. No inspected source names the tool, the advertiser or who made the videos, and the doctor says he is not on social media and learns of the videos from people who call him.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Montreal: Dr. François Marquis, chief of intensive care at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, says AI deepfake ads using his face have sold supplements and cancer cures on Facebook since at least August 2025, and that a scam victim who paid hundreds of dollars for pills that never arrived came to the ICU demanding a refund","summary":"Dr. François Marquis, chief of intensive care at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital in Montreal, told CBC News (August 2025) and CTV News and CBC News (September 2026) that AI-generated deepfake videos using his likeness keep appearing on Facebook, selling joint supplements, pills and cancer cures and spreading anti-pharmaceutical claims; the latest offers $1 million to dissatisfied customers. He is not on social media and learns of the videos from people who call him. He recounts that a person who paid hundreds of dollars for pills advertised in one of the videos, and never received them, came into the ICU demanding his money back, which he describes as a security problem for the hospital. He has reported the deepfakes to Quebec's College of Physicians, Montreal police and the platforms, but says new videos keep appearing. The makers of the ads are not identified.","incidentKind":"ongoing_experience","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2025-08-01","aiSystem":"AI-generated deepfake video ads using Dr. Marquis's face and voice, circulated on Facebook (his account to CBC and CTV); no tool or advertiser is named","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm","financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Dr. Marquis says AI deepfake ads falsely show him selling supplements and cures and spreading anti-pharmaceutical claims, and that one person lost hundreds of dollars on pills that never arrived and confronted him in the ICU (his account to CBC and CTV).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Dr. Marquis, whose likeness is used, and one person who paid hundreds of dollars for undelivered pills and came to the ICU (counted once; the 2025 and 2026 accounts appear to describe the same visit). The doctor says other people lose money but gives no number. Documented minimum 2.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"CA-QC","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/deepfakes-of-well-known-montreal-doctor-raising-alarm/","primarySourceLabel":"CTV News, 18 September 2026: Deepfakes of well-known Montreal doctor raising alarm","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-01T03:18:04.682437+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-01T03:18:04.682437+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","doctor-impersonation","health-scam","facebook-ads","montreal","quebec","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-victoria-australia-ai-cloned-doctor-voice-gift-card-scam-mandarin-speakers","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Scammers are using artificial intelligence to clone the voicers of doctors, general practitioners and surgeons.'; 'Ten reports of the scam were received last month'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Police have received 10 reports since early September, with victims losing tens of thousands of dollars.'; 'The warning says the caller uses the victim's real name, then tells them to buy gift cards and hand over the gift card codes by text message.'; 'The scammers are using AI voice cloning and targeting Mandarin speakers across Victoria.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Victoria Police say scammers targeting Mandarin speakers are using artificial intelligence to clone the voices of doctors, general practitioners and surgeons, using victims' real names and telling them to buy gift cards and send the codes by text message; police received ten reports in September 2026.","causal_attribution":"Victoria Police warning carried by ABC and NewsWire (one chain)."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'In one case, the scammer copied the voice of a medical professional known to the victim.'; 'The victim bought $50,000 in gift cards over three days, apparently as business gifts, until they became suspicious, called the medical professional's real number, and realised it was a scam.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'one victim who lost $50,000 to the scam after buying gift cards across a three-day period before they became suspicious.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'In one of the reports the scammer called a victim and mimicked the voice of a professional known to them.'; 'The victim purchased $50,000 in gift cards across a three-day period before becoming suspicious.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"In one case the scammer copied the voice of a medical professional known to the victim, who bought $50,000 in gift cards over three days before becoming suspicious and calling the medical professional's real number.","causal_attribution":"Police account (one chain); the voice-copy detail is in the NewsWire copy only."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The other report saw the scammer pose as a medical professional and call the victim to exploit their urgent health conditions,'; 'The victim was repeatedly pressured into buying more cards until their cash flow was entirely depleted, resulting in a financial loss of $40,000.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Police say another victim lost $40,000 after a scammer pretended to be a medical professional who exploited their urgent health conditions.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In another case a scammer posing as a medical professional exploited the victim's urgent health conditions and repeatedly pressured them to buy gift cards until their cash flow was depleted, for a loss of $40,000.","causal_attribution":"Police account (one chain); police do not say whether a cloned voice was used in this case."}],"effects":[{"label":"one victim bought $50,000 in gift cards over three days after a caller used the copied voice of a medical professional the victim knew","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"another victim lost $40,000 after a caller posing as a medical professional exploited their urgent health conditions and pressured them until their cash was depleted","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-01/fake-doctor-scam-targets-mandarin-speaking-community/107214906","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-01 from the live ABC News page (published 30 September 2026 UTC, dated 1 October locally); reports the Victoria Police warning and quotes the Cybercrime Squad.","independence_group":"victoria-police-warning"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://au.news.yahoo.com/aussies-targeted-chilling-ai-doctor-222212819.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-01 from the live Yahoo News Australia page (NewsWire copy, 30 September 2026 UTC); quotes the Victoria Police warning at greater length.","independence_group":"victoria-police-warning"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.insidestategovernment.com.au/warning-issued-over-ai-fake-doctor-scam/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-01 from the live page (Inside State Government, 1 October 2026); reproduces the Victoria Police statement at greater length.","independence_group":"victoria-police-warning"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["health","finance"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used and how the voices were obtained.","How many of the ten reports involved a financial loss, and the total loss.","Whether a cloned voice was used in the $40,000 case.","The victims' ages and locations within Victoria, and the dates of the calls.","Whether the professional imitated in the $50,000 case was a medical professional: NewsWire says a medical professional and ABC says the victim called their health provider, while Inside State Government's account of the police statement says 'a professional known to them'.","How many of the ten reports involved a cloned voice."],"geography":{"basis":"Victoria Police say the calls have been reported across Victoria and are warning the Mandarin-speaking community in Victoria (ABC, Yahoo News Australia).","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["AU"],"affected_person_countries":["AU"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (communicated_with): Victoria Police report a series of scam calls in which AI-cloned voices of doctors were used to make Mandarin-speaking victims buy gift cards, with two described victims losing $50,000 and $40,000. The AI element is the police account; no victim is identified.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-01"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Victoria Police, as reported by ABC News and Yahoo News Australia (NewsWire), say the scammers use artificial intelligence to clone the voices of doctors, general practitioners and surgeons; in the $50,000 case the scammer copied the voice of a medical professional known to the victim. Police do not say whether a cloned voice was used in the $40,000 case, and no tool is named. Inside State Government's account of the police statement says AI voice cloning 'has been featured in several reports to police' and describes the $50,000 case as the scammer having 'mimicked the voice of a professional known to them'.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Victoria, Australia: police warned, in reports published on 1 October 2026 local time, that scammers using AI to clone the voices of doctors have called Mandarin speakers and made them buy gift cards, with ten reports in September and two victims losing $50,000 and $40,000","summary":"Victoria Police warned, in reports published on 1 October 2026 local time, that fraudsters targeting the state's Mandarin-speaking community are using artificial intelligence to clone the voices of doctors, general practitioners and surgeons, calling victims by their real names and telling them to buy gift cards and text the codes (ABC News, Yahoo News Australia). Police received ten reports in September. In one case, NewsWire reports, the scammer copied the voice of a medical professional the victim knew, and the victim bought $50,000 in gift cards over three days before calling the real practice. In another, a caller posing as a medical professional exploited the victim's urgent health conditions and pressured them until their cash was depleted, a loss of $40,000; police do not say whether that call used a cloned voice. No victim is identified.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-10-01","aiSystem":"AI voice cloning used by scammers to imitate the voices of doctors, general practitioners and surgeons in phone calls (Victoria Police, as reported); no tool is named","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Two victims described by Victoria Police lost $50,000 and $40,000 in gift cards after calls from scammers posing as doctors; police say the scammers clone doctors' voices with AI, and in the $50,000 case copied the voice of a medical professional the victim knew.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Police describe two victims with losses ($50,000 and $40,000). Ten reports were received, but police do not say how many involved a loss. Documented minimum 2. Police do not say whether a cloned voice was used in the $40,000 case; both victims are counted as harmed within the reported scam series.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"AU-VIC","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-01/fake-doctor-scam-targets-mandarin-speaking-community/107214906","primarySourceLabel":"ABC News, 1 October 2026: Scammers using AI to impersonate doctor in calls to Mandarin-speakers, police warn","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-01T03:16:36.473962+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-01T03:16:36.473962+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["voice-cloning","impersonation-scam","gift-card-scam","mandarin-speakers","victoria","australia","communicated-with"]},{"id":"2023-actor-tony-ramos-interview-redubbed-into-fake-prostate-remedy-ad","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A equipe do ator alertou que uma entrevista que ele deu ao programa \"Mais Você\", da Ana Maria Braga, foi alterada digitalmente para promover um remédio supostamente milagroso para hiperplasia da próstata.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Segundo a equipe, falas de Tony Ramos foram editadas com o uso de tecnologia avançada para fazer parecer que ele estava endossando o produto. A equipe enfatizou que a voz do ator foi redublada e que o conteúdo original era uma homenagem a colegas de profissão.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The actor's team said that an interview he gave to 'Mais Você' was digitally altered, with his words edited and his voice redubbed, to make him appear to endorse a supposedly miraculous remedy for prostate hyperplasia.","causal_attribution":"The team's account as relayed by Terra; the video was not inspected."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'é a mais nova vítima do uso indevido de imagem em vídeos falsos criados com inteligência artificial (IA)'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Terra described the clips as fake videos created with artificial intelligence.","causal_attribution":"Terra's framing; the team statement it quotes refers to advanced technology without naming AI."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Roubaram minha imagem em uma entrevista com a Ana Maria Braga. Dublaram, mal dublado, aliás, e fizeram eu vender um remédio para próstata'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Uma deepfake sua, em uma entrevista com Ana Maria Braga, circulou nas redes sociais para vender remédios para a próstata.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"On 'Roda Viva' on 28 September 2026, Ramos said his image had been taken from an interview with Ana Maria Braga, badly dubbed and made to sell a prostate medicine; Estado de Minas describes the clip as a deepfake that circulated on social networks.","causal_attribution":"His own account and the outlet's 'deepfake' label. Estado de Minas says this happened 'recentemente'; whether it is the 2023 video or a later recirculation is not stated."}],"effects":[{"label":"image and redubbed voice used without consent in a fake advertisement for a prostate remedy","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.terra.com.br/diversao/tony-ramos-e-a-mais-nova-vitima-de-proliferacao-de-golpes-com-ia,77e3ad25ee4be9c660a202668da183d28j74r5v3.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-10-01 (Terra, published 6 December 2023 per the page metadata). Licensed Pipoca Moderna article (byline Pedro Benjamin Prado); relays a statement by the actor's team. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"ramos-team-statement-2023"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.em.com.br/cultura/2026/09/7510638-tony-ramos-detona-uso-de-inteligencia-artificial-para-recriar-atores-um-horror.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-10-01 (Estado de Minas, 29 September 2026); reports his remarks on 'Roda Viva' of 28 September 2026. The page credits its image to Tupi, which carries an article with the same title; the broadcast itself was not viewed. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"roda-viva-interview-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","health"],"unknowns":["When the video first circulated, on which platforms, and whether it recirculated after December 2023.","Whether anyone bought the advertised product or lost money.","Whether a complaint, takedown or platform action followed.","Which tool was used and whether the voice was synthesised or dubbed by a person."],"geography":{"basis":"Neither inspected body states where the video circulated beyond 'redes sociais' or where the actor lives; no country is inferred from the Portuguese language, the outlets or the TV programmes.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: an altered video depicted the actor endorsing a prostate remedy he did not endorse. He is a public figure who described it in his own words in 2026, and his team warned the public in 2023. The AI element rests on the outlets' description; the video was not inspected.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-01"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Terra describes the case as misuse of his image in fake videos created with artificial intelligence; the team statement it relays says his words were edited with 'tecnologia avançada' and his voice redubbed, without naming AI. Estado de Minas calls the clip a deepfake; Ramos's quoted words say the interview was dubbed ('Dublaram, mal dublado'). The video was not inspected and no tool is named. The altered video depicted him (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Actor Tony Ramos's interview on Ana Maria Braga's 'Mais Você' is digitally altered and redubbed into a fake advertisement for a prostate remedy, reported as made with AI; Terra reported his team's warning in December 2023 and he recounted it on 'Roda Viva' in September 2026","summary":"Terra reported on 6 December 2023 that the team of the actor Tony Ramos, then appearing in the telenovela 'Terra e Paixão', had warned that an interview he gave to Ana Maria Braga's programme 'Mais Você' was digitally altered to promote a supposedly miraculous remedy for prostate hyperplasia. According to the team, his words were edited with advanced technology to make it seem he endorsed the product, his voice was redubbed, and the original footage was a tribute to fellow professionals. Terra describes the clips as fake videos created with artificial intelligence. On the TV programme 'Roda Viva' on 28 September 2026, Ramos said his image had been stolen from that interview, badly dubbed and made to sell a prostate medicine (Estado de Minas, 29 September 2026), and Estado de Minas describes the clip as a deepfake that circulated on social networks. No buyer losses, complaint or takedown are reported.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2023-12-06","aiSystem":"Manipulated video of a 'Mais Você' interview in which the actor's words were edited and his voice redubbed to endorse a prostate remedy; Terra describes it as a fake video created with AI and Estado de Minas as a deepfake; the tool and the operators are not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The actor's image and a redubbed voice were used without consent to make him appear to endorse a prostate remedy in a fake advertisement; his team had to warn the public, and he describes it as his image being stolen (his team's statement via Terra; his remarks on 'Roda Viva' via Estado de Minas).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Tony Ramos (Terra; Estado de Minas). Viewers of the video and any buyers are not counted because no source reports anyone deceived. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.terra.com.br/diversao/tony-ramos-e-a-mais-nova-vitima-de-proliferacao-de-golpes-com-ia,77e3ad25ee4be9c660a202668da183d28j74r5v3.html","primarySourceLabel":"Terra, 6 December 2023: Tony Ramos é a mais nova vítima de proliferação de golpes com IA","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-01T03:12:24.125788+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-01T03:12:24.125788+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","celebrity-deepfake","fake-advertisement","health-product-scam","voice-redubbing","actor","portuguese-language"]},{"id":"2025-indore-reported-relative-voice-clone-transfer-loss","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: official's voice-generation and claimed visa account.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The named police official attributes the impersonated relative's voice to AI and describes the visa emergency demand.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: exact transferred total and next-day discovery.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Police say the local resident transferred Rs 1.83 lakh in multiple transactions and discovered the deception after contacting the real relative.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: bank coordination and recovery status.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The official says the cyber cell worked with banks to freeze accounts and seek recovery.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."}],"effects":[{"label":"Police-reported loss of Rs 1.83 lakh through several transfers","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/indore-resident-loses-rs-1-83-lakh-to-ai-generated-voice-fraud/articleshow/125598857.cms","kind":"journalistic","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"original-account-aiid-1566"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","relationships"],"unknowns":["The first event date, voice tool and scammer identity are unknown.","The final recovery and police outcome were not inspected."],"geography":{"basis":"The victim is described as a local Indore resident and the investigation is in Indore, India. The real relative's location abroad is not a separate harm setting.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"An inspected source describes a concrete person-level adverse experience connected to the specified AI use. Statements remain attributed, private identities are minimized, and unknown dates, counts and technical details are preserved.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The named officer expressly attributes this caller's voice to AI. No audio or forensic record was inspected. The later generic spoof-call example is a different event.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Indore police report Rs 1.83 lakh loss after a voice impersonation of a relative","summary":"Indore police told The Times of India that a local resident transferred Rs 1.83 lakh after callers used a purported AI-generated voice to impersonate his brother-in-law abroad. The callers claimed an expired visa would lead to imprisonment or job loss unless fees were paid. The victim discovered the fraud after speaking to the real relative the next day. Police said they coordinated account freezes and were working on recovery. The first call date and recovery outcome are unknown.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-11-27","aiSystem":"Reported AI-generated relative voice impersonation","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool","aiCompany":"Unknown","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Police-reported loss of Rs 1.83 lakh through several transfers","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One local resident transferred funds. The impersonated relative was not actually imprisoned or deprived of a job and is not counted as harmed.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/indore-resident-loses-rs-1-83-lakh-to-ai-generated-voice-fraud/articleshow/125598857.cms","primarySourceLabel":"The Times of India, 27 November 2025, named police official account","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T01:11:39.324544+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:57:54.662513+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2025-ponte-vedra-reported-ai-doctor-impersonation-loss","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: encounter with admired doctor and imposter AI doctor investment pitch.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The report describes a Facebook investment pitch using an AI impersonation of a doctor the woman admired.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: amount, discovery through a friend, and victim reaction.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"She said she lost nearly $200,000 within months and could not eat or sleep after recognising the scam.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: police report timing.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The outlet says she filed a St Johns County police report in the month before the December interview.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."}],"effects":[{"label":"Reported nearly $200,000 loss and difficulty eating and sleeping after discovery","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/it-was-his-voice-grandmother-scammed-out-200k-shed-saved-autistic-grandson-ai-fraud/AP2LLET6YZC7JMTRJQ6PWO5HOE/","kind":"journalistic","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"original-account-aiid-1314"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The first contact year and doctor identity are not established clearly enough to publish.","The generation tool, scammer identity and later recovery are unknown."],"geography":{"basis":"The woman is explicitly a Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida resident and reported to the local county sheriff.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"An inspected source describes a concrete person-level adverse experience connected to the specified AI use. Statements remain attributed, private identities are minimized, and unknown dates, counts and technical details are preserved.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The outlet expressly attributes this Facebook doctor impersonation to AI. No underlying media or police investigation file was inspected.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Florida grandmother reports nearly $200,000 loss after an AI video impersonated a doctor","summary":"An 82-year-old Ponte Vedra Beach woman told Action News Jax that a Facebook contact impersonating a doctor persuaded her to invest. The outlet attributes the voice and image impersonation to AI. She reported losing nearly $200,000 within months, including savings intended for a grandson's future care, and being unable to eat or sleep after discovering the fraud. She filed a police report in November 2025. The phrase “last October” does not unambiguously establish the contact year.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-12-18","aiSystem":"Reported AI doctor voice and image impersonation","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning and image tool","aiCompany":"Unknown","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Reported nearly $200,000 loss and difficulty eating and sleeping after discovery","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One grandmother describes her own losses and distress. Intended future beneficiary is not counted as a separately documented harmed person.","victimAgeRange":"elderly","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/it-was-his-voice-grandmother-scammed-out-200k-shed-saved-autistic-grandson-ai-fraud/AP2LLET6YZC7JMTRJQ6PWO5HOE/","primarySourceLabel":"Action News Jax, 18 December 2025, direct interview","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T01:10:56.172632+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:58:09.010056+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2025-chicago-reported-musk-voice-impersonation-crypto-loss","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 20: paragraph about AI voice memos.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"ABC7 reports that the scammer sent the man fake audio messages using Elon Musk's voice, assembled with artificial intelligence.","causal_attribution":"One ABC7 interview and the outlet's report about the audio. The loss and consequences are the interviewee's account, without proof that AI alone caused the transfer."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 15: paragraph about cryptocurrency transfers and discovery.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 15: paragraph about cryptocurrency transfers and discovery.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The man said he sent a total of $10,000 in cryptocurrency and eventually realised it was a scam when he could not recover the money.","causal_attribution":"One ABC7 interview and the outlet's report about the audio. The loss and consequences are the interviewee's account, without proof that AI alone caused the transfer."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 38: paragraph about difficulty paying expenses.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"He said the loss left him struggling to pay bills, rent and car expenses.","causal_attribution":"One ABC7 interview and the outlet's report about the audio. The loss and consequences are the interviewee's account, without proof that AI alone caused the transfer."}],"effects":[{"label":"Reported $10,000 cryptocurrency loss","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://abc7chicago.com/post/celebrity-crypto-cons-chicago-area-man-richard-lyons-loses-10k-cryptocurrency-scam-elon-musk-impersonator/17007708/","kind":"journalistic","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"original-account-aiid-1142"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The first event date, scammer identity and audio-generation tool are unknown.","Whether any funds were subsequently recovered is unknown."],"geography":{"basis":"ABC7 identifies the interviewee as a Chicago-area resident and places the experience in that setting.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"A direct interview links a concrete financial loss to reported AI voice impersonation. The man's identity is minimized. The event date remains unknown and July 2025 is only the report date.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"ABC7 specifically reports fake voice memos using Musk's voice assembled with artificial intelligence in this man's contact with the scammer. This is a journalistic attribution, without inspected forensic analysis.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Chicago-area man reports $10,000 loss after AI voice messages impersonating Elon Musk","summary":"A Chicago-area man told ABC7 that he sent $10,000 in cryptocurrency to someone posing as Elon Musk. The outlet reports that the scammer used AI-assembled voice messages using Musk's voice, alongside social media messages, apparent investment returns and a promised vehicle. The man said he could not retrieve the money after several months and was struggling to pay ordinary bills. The beginning of the contact and the technical creation of the messages remain unknown.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-07-08","aiSystem":"Reported AI-generated voice impersonation","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool","aiCompany":"Unknown","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The interviewee reported losing $10,000 in cryptocurrency and difficulty paying rent, bills and car expenses.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One interviewed man describes his own loss. His relatives and the impersonated actor are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://abc7chicago.com/post/celebrity-crypto-cons-chicago-area-man-richard-lyons-loses-10k-cryptocurrency-scam-elon-musk-impersonator/17007708/","primarySourceLabel":"ABC7 Chicago I-Team, 8 July 2025, interview with scam victim","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T01:10:26.782051+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:57:44.387352+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2026-domestic-worker-romance-scam-reported-ai-deepfake-video-calls-posing-as-dubai-royal","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"on a dating site before the conversation moved to a messaging app","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"during live video calls","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"the Filipino domestic worker","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"requesting that her real name and age be withheld","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"AI romance scam impersonating Dubai prince ensnares victims","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"on a dating site before the conversation moved to a messaging app","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"AFP reported that a Filipino domestic worker, whose real name and age were withheld at the worker's request, met a scammer posing as a Dubai prince on a dating site, after which the conversation moved to a messaging app and to live video calls.","causal_attribution":"AFP's account, based on an interview with the worker and a recording AFP saw. The worker is not named in public fields. GMA News Online and eNCA carry the same AFP text, so this is one reporting chain."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"But the suitor was an AI deepfake","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"In one recording of a WhatsApp video call seen by AFP","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"but not the prince's voice.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"It was unclear which AI tools were used to generate the real-time video chats","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"It was a scammer using AI-generated deepfake technology.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"AFP described the suitor as an AI deepfake and reported seeing a recording of one WhatsApp video call in which the voice did not match the prince's voice. AFP said it was unclear which AI tools were used.","causal_attribution":"AFP's characterisation. AFP reports no forensic analysis of the recording and no tool is identified. Bitdefender restates AFP and is not an independent check."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"lost a year's worth of savings","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"100,000 pesos ($1,625) for what he claimed were a marriage certificate and a \"royal membership card","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"which he said would help her secure a job in Dubai","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"representing an entire year's worth of savings","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"AFP reported that the worker paid 100,000 pesos (about US$1,625) for what the scammer claimed were a marriage certificate and a 'royal membership card' that would help secure a job in Dubai, and that the worker lost a year's worth of savings.","causal_attribution":"The payment and its purpose come from AFP's narrative of the worker's account. No bank or transfer record was inspected. The dollar figure is AFP's conversion."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"demanded another 60,000 pesos ($974) for the booking","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"she noticed the account was based in Nigeria","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"She cut off communication","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"AFP reported that when the scammer proposed a hotel meeting and demanded a further 60,000 pesos for the booking, the worker became suspicious, noticed that the Facebook account was based in Nigeria, and ended contact.","causal_attribution":"AFP's narrative of the worker's account. AFP does not say whether the further 60,000 pesos was paid. The Nigeria location is the worker's observation of the Facebook account and is not verified."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Dubai authorities did not respond to AFP's request for comment.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"researchers tracing some of the scams to crime syndicates in Nigeria","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"AFP reported that Dubai authorities did not respond to its request for comment, and that researchers have traced some 'fake Dubai prince' scams to crime syndicates in Nigeria.","causal_attribution":"Context only. No researcher is named in the inspected text and the wider scam pattern is not part of this case."}],"effects":[{"label":"Domestic worker paid 100,000 pesos to a scammer posing as a Dubai prince in reported AI deepfake video calls, and AFP said the worker lost a year's worth of savings","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.enca.com/lifestyle/ai-romance-scam-impersonating-dubai-prince-ensnares-victims","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"AFP wire text carried by eNCA on 3 July 2026 (AFP byline at the end of the text).","independence_group":"afp-dispatch-dubai-royal-romance-scam-2026-07-03"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/pinoyabroad/dispatch/993689/ai-romance-scam-impersonating-dubai-prince-pinay-ofw/story/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Same AFP wire text carried by GMA News Online on 4 July 2026.","independence_group":"afp-dispatch-dubai-royal-romance-scam-2026-07-03"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/ai-deepfake-romance-scam-impersonating-dubai-prince-steals-womans-savings","kind":"trade_press","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Security vendor blog of 7 July 2026 that summarises the AFP report and adds no reporting of its own on this event.","independence_group":"afp-dispatch-dubai-royal-romance-scam-2026-07-03"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","relationships"],"unknowns":["The dates of the dating-site contact, the video calls and the payment are not stated. AFP's report is dated 3 July 2026 and nothing in the inspected text suggests the events began before 2026.","Whether the further 60,000 pesos requested for a hotel booking was paid is not stated. Only the 100,000 pesos is treated as the reported loss.","AFP identifies no AI tool and reports no technical analysis. The account of the calls rests on the worker's interview and one recording that AFP saw.","The worker's location and the location of the person behind the calls are not established. The worker described the Facebook account as based in Nigeria.","The prince whose likeness was used is not reported harmed, and Dubai authorities did not respond to AFP. Other victims of 'fake Dubai prince' scams mentioned in general terms are not counted.","eNCA, GMA News Online and Bitdefender all derive from one AFP dispatch, so there is one reporting chain and no independent confirmation of the loss."],"geography":{"basis":"AFP calls the worker Filipino (nationality) and gives the payments in pesos, and Bitdefender says a woman from the Philippines. None of the sources states where the worker lives or was during the calls. The worker noticed that the Facebook account was based in Nigeria, which describes the account and is not a statement of where the scam took place. No country is inferred from nationality, currency or outlet. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"AFP interviewed the worker (real name and age withheld at the worker's request) and viewed a recording of one video call. eNCA and GMA News Online carry the AFP text and Bitdefender summarises it, so all claims are reported from one chain. The worker is not named and the impersonated royal is described by role. Detail is limited to what states the harm. The event date is not established, so the case is published undated.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"AFP states the suitor was an AI deepfake and reports seeing a recording of one WhatsApp video call in which the voice did not match the prince's voice. AFP says it was unclear which AI tools generated the real-time video chats, and no technical analysis of the recording is reported. AFP's further description of the appearance of the on-screen figure is not repeated here. Bitdefender restates the AFP account.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with","depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Filipino domestic worker reports losing 100,000 pesos in a romance scam that used reported AI deepfake video calls posing as a Dubai prince","summary":"AFP reported on 3 July 2026 that a Filipino domestic worker, who asked that a real name and age be withheld, met a scammer posing as a Dubai prince on a dating site and then took part in WhatsApp video calls in which the scammer appeared on screen as the prince. AFP described the suitor as an AI deepfake, said it saw a recording of one call in which the voice did not match the prince's voice, and said it was unclear which AI tools were used. The worker paid 100,000 pesos (about US$1,625) for a supposed marriage certificate and 'royal membership card' that would help secure a job in Dubai, and AFP said the worker lost a year's worth of savings. When the scammer then asked for a further 60,000 pesos for a hotel booking, the worker became suspicious, noticed that the Facebook account was based in Nigeria, and ended contact. The account rests on one AFP interview carried by other outlets. The dates of the events are not stated.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-07-03","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI tools for real-time deepfake video calls (reported by AFP, not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"AFP reported that the worker paid 100,000 pesos (about US$1,625) for a supposed marriage certificate and 'royal membership card' and lost a year's worth of savings. A further demand of 60,000 pesos was made and AFP does not say it was paid. The amounts come from AFP's narrative of the worker's account and no record was inspected.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the domestic worker who paid 100,000 pesos, as told to AFP. The prince whose likeness was used is not reported harmed (Dubai authorities did not respond to AFP) and is not counted. Other victims of 'fake Dubai prince' scams mentioned in general terms have no individual account in the inspected sources and are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.enca.com/lifestyle/ai-romance-scam-impersonating-dubai-prince-ensnares-victims","primarySourceLabel":"AFP via eNCA, 3 July 2026","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T01:09:10.604573+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:44:21.869833+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2025-game-makers-toolkit-creator-reports-ai-voice-clone-in-youtube-videos","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Brown had nothing to do with the video.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"has used an AI version of his voice without his knowledge or consent.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"using an AI-generated version of Brown’s distinctive British voice","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the creator, a video about Doom: The Dark Ages on another YouTube channel was narrated with an AI version of his voice that he did not record and did not consent to.","causal_attribution":"The account is the creator's statement to WIRED. No forensic analysis of the voice is reported, and WIRED was unable to find contact information for the person behind the channel. The CO/AI page summarises the WIRED article."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"A second video that appears to feature his voice is also online, this one about the series’ lore.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A second video that appears to feature the creator's voice, about the game series' lore, is also online.","causal_attribution":"WIRED's wording is 'appears to feature his voice'. No analysis of the second video is reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Brown filed a privacy complaint to YouTube","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Brown says it’s been more than 48 hours since he reached out. Both videos remain live.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The creator filed a privacy complaint with YouTube, and when WIRED wrote more than 48 hours had passed without removal, with both videos still live.","causal_attribution":"The timing and the videos' status come from the creator. WIRED does not report checking the page itself."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"to allow users to request the removal of AI-generated or other synthetic or altered content that simulates their face or voice.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"the company is reviewing the content to determine if a violation has been made.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A YouTube spokesperson told WIRED that YouTube expanded its privacy request policy in 2024 to cover removal of AI-generated or synthetic content that simulates a person's face or voice, and that the company was reviewing this content to determine whether it violates the policy.","causal_attribution":"The statement is YouTube's own, relayed by WIRED. It does not confirm that the content is AI-generated."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"it's just so weird and invasive","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"It's a distinct part of who I am.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"it’s likely collecting “a fair amount” of ad money.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"has been removing comments where people say they’ve stolen Brown’s voice.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The creator says the use of his voice is 'weird and invasive' and 'a distinct part of who I am', that the other channel is likely collecting a fair amount of advertising money, and that its operator has been removing comments where people say they have stolen his voice.","causal_attribution":"All four details are the creator's own statements to WIRED. Revenue and comment removal are not independently confirmed."}],"effects":[{"label":"A creator says an AI version of his voice was used in another channel's videos without his consent, which he describes as invasive","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.wired.com/story/a-gaming-youtuber-says-an-ai-generated-clone-of-his-voice-is-being-used-to-narrate-doom-videos/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"wired-2025-05-21"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://getcoai.com/news/gaming-youtuber-claims-ai-voice-cloning-has-taken-the-words-right-out-of-his-mouth/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Summary of the WIRED article. Adds no independent reporting.","independence_group":"wired-2025-05-21"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","privacy"],"unknowns":["When the two videos were uploaded is not stated, so the event start date is unknown.","The AI voice-cloning tool used is not identified. The AIAAIC page names ChatGPT, and no inspected source supports that.","The channel's operator is not quoted: WIRED reports it was unable to find contact information for the person behind the channel.","Whether YouTube removed the videos or found a policy violation after WIRED's article is not reported in the inspected sources.","The creator's country and the country of the channel's operator are not stated.","The revenue the channel earns from the videos is the creator's estimate. WIRED reports a view count of over 60,000 for the full-length video."],"geography":{"basis":"The sources do not state where the creator, the channel operator or the upload took place. WIRED describes the narrator as British and notes the creator previously wrote for WIRED UK, which does not establish a location. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"One WIRED article (21 May 2025) is the only original reporting, with a CO/AI summary of it in the same independence group. All claims are the creator's own statements or YouTube's statement as relayed by WIRED, so all are reported. The accused channel and its operator are not named because no operator statement exists. The creator is named because he spoke to WIRED under his own name. The upload dates are unknown, so the case is published undated and outside the 2025 event-year count.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Brown says the narration is an AI version of his voice. WIRED does not report analysing the audio or identifying the tool, and was unable to find contact information for the person behind the channel, so the operator's account is absent. WIRED describes the narration as one that 'may be familiar to video game fans as that of Mark Brown'.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Game Maker's Toolkit creator reports an AI clone of his voice narrating another YouTube channel's videos","summary":"WIRED reported on 21 May 2025 that Mark Brown, creator of the Game Maker's Toolkit YouTube channel, says another YouTube channel published a video about Doom: The Dark Ages narrated with an AI version of his voice, made without his knowledge or consent, and that a second video that appears to feature his voice is also online. Brown filed a privacy complaint with YouTube. Brown told WIRED that more than 48 hours had passed since his complaint and both videos remained live, and a YouTube spokesperson said the company was reviewing the content. Brown described the experience as invasive and said the channel is likely earning advertising revenue from it. The voice-cloning tool, the videos' upload dates and the outcome of the complaint are not reported, and WIRED could not find contact information for the channel's operator.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-05-21","aiSystem":"Unspecified AI voice-cloning tool","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool","aiCompany":"Unknown","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["loss_of_autonomy"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Brown says the use of an AI version of his voice is 'weird and invasive' and 'a distinct part of who I am', and that the channel's operator is likely collecting advertising revenue while removing comments where people say they have stolen his voice. These are Brown's own statements to WIRED. No independent confirmation of the cloning or of the revenue is reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the creator who says his voice was cloned, is reported harmed. Subscribers and viewers of either channel are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.wired.com/story/a-gaming-youtuber-says-an-ai-generated-clone-of-his-voice-is-being-used-to-narrate-doom-videos/","primarySourceLabel":"WIRED, 21 May 2025, a gaming YouTuber says an AI-generated clone of his voice is being used to narrate Doom videos","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T14:02:35.302073+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:01.97842+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2025-havre-game-coffee-store-phone-scam-reported-ai-voice-replication","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"were recently the victim of an over the phone scam which compromised bank details and monetary losses from the store","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The store reported that an over-the-phone scam compromised bank details and caused the store monetary losses.","causal_attribution":"The store's account as relayed by the outlet; no amounts, bank or police confirmation are given."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"it sounded just like me","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"they had also duped my number meaning they had both of our personal cells","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"An employee received a call on a personal phone that appeared to come from the employee's own number and heard a voice the employee said sounded just like the owner. The owner said the scammers had duplicated both personal numbers.","causal_attribution":"The owner relays the employee's account. The owner did not hear the call."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"This scam, however, is utilizing a new way of tricking people: AI voice replication.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The reporting outlet describes the scam as using AI voice replication.","causal_attribution":"Outlet statement. The article gives no evidence that the voice was synthetic rather than a human imitation."}],"effects":[{"label":"Compromised bank details and monetary loss to a small store","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://hilinetoday.com/sugar-and-dice-targeted-by-complex-scam-involving-ai-deepfake-voice-replication/","kind":"local_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"hilinetoday-havre"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","work"],"unknowns":["Date of the calls (the report says 'recently').","Amount lost and whether any was recovered.","Whether the voice was actually AI-generated.","Whether police, the bank or a voice analysis was involved.","Only one outlet was found; a search for a second Havre source found none.","Country and state are not stated in the article text (Havre is named)."],"geography":{"basis":"The article text names Havre and a mall but gives no state or country. Publisher navigation is not used to assign a country.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Concrete event reported to a local outlet by the store owner, with a reported financial loss to the store. The event start is not established: the sole source says 'recently' in a 4 February 2025 article. AI involvement is the reporter's statement and rests on the employee's impression, so it is recorded as suspected.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The reporter states the scam used AI voice replication. The owner's quotes do not mention AI or cloning; the only supporting detail is the employee's claim, relayed by the owner, that the caller's voice sounded like the owner. No recording, analysis, police or bank statement is cited.","status":"suspected"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated","communicated_with"]},"name":"Game and coffee store in Havre reports phone scam in which an employee heard what sounded like the owner's voice","summary":"In a 4 February 2025 report by Hi-Line Today, the owner of a game and coffee store in a Havre shopping mall said an employee received a call on a personal phone that appeared to come from the employee's own number and carried what the employee described as the owner's voice. The owner said the scammers had also duplicated the owner's number. The article says the store reported that the scam compromised bank details and caused monetary losses; the owner said the employee was not blamed. The reporter describes the scam as using AI voice replication. The only support for a cloned voice is the employee's claim, relayed by the owner.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-02-04","aiSystem":"Unspecified AI voice replication tool (reported by the outlet, not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool (suspected)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A local outlet reports that the store said the phone scam compromised bank details and caused monetary losses to the store (amounts not stated).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"The article does not state that the owner personally lost money. The reported loss is the store's. No harm to the deceived employee is reported. No person harm is counted, and the store is not counted as a person.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://hilinetoday.com/sugar-and-dice-targeted-by-complex-scam-involving-ai-deepfake-voice-replication/","primarySourceLabel":"Hi-Line Today, 4 February 2025","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T12:41:59.799063+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:04.411814+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2026-colombia-senator-isabel-zuleta-ai-video-impersonation","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Un video falso creado con IA circula por redes usando mi rostro, mis voz y el escenario del @SenadoGovCo'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'En la pieza manipulada, Zuleta supuestamente reclamaba de manera alterada que dejaran de llamarla “cabeza de brócoli”. El contenido generó una ola de críticas y ataques en redes sociales, luego de que numerosos usuarios lo compartieran como si se tratara de una declaración real.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A video made with AI that replicated Senator Isabel Zuleta's face, voice and the Senate chamber, showing her reacting with obscene language to a nickname, went viral on social media and was shared as if authentic.","causal_attribution":"Her statement that the video is AI-made; La Razón reports that later verifications labelled it AI-generated content."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'La senadora Isabel Zuleta pidió a la Fiscalía General de la Nación investigar una suplantación de identidad tras la circulación de un video fabricado con inteligencia artificial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'La legisladora también anunció que denunciará a las cuentas que difundieron el contenido y pidió a la Fiscalía investigar la presunta suplantación de identidad.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Zuleta asked the Fiscalía General de la Nación to investigate identity impersonation and said she would report the accounts that spread the video.","causal_attribution":"Her announced legal steps; no investigation outcome is reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'En un comunicado, el movimiento político y la bancada del Congreso rechazaron la circulación de un video manipulado con inteligencia artificial en el que, según afirmaron, se suplanta la identidad de Isabel Zuleta y se le atribuyen declaraciones que nunca realizó.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'La colectividad solicitó a la Fiscalía, la Policía y el Consejo Nacional Electoral determinar el origen de estas acciones y establecer si existen recursos, estructuras políticas o infraestructura estatal vinculados con su difusión'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Her party, the Pacto Histórico, rejected the circulation of the AI-manipulated video impersonating her and asked the Fiscalía, the Police and the National Electoral Council to investigate coordinated online attacks on opposition congresswomen.","causal_attribution":"Party communiqué; the claimed coordination is its allegation."}],"effects":[{"label":"fabricated AI video attributing obscene statements to her circulated as authentic and drew a wave of online attacks","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://larazon.co/la-senadora-isabel-zuleta-denuncia-un-video-con-ia-que-clona-su-rostro-y-su-voz-para-ponerla-a-decir-groserias/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-09-29 (La Razón.co, 26 September 2026, per the page's article:published_time metadata); quotes her X post. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"zuleta-statement"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.chicanoticias.com/2026/09/26/zuleta-desmieente-video/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-09-29 (Chicanoticias, 26 September 2026). Researcher translation.","independence_group":"zuleta-statement"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2026/09/28/pacto-historico-denuncia-ataques-misoginos-contra-congresistas-de-la-oposicion-y-pide-investigar-uso-de-ia-y-redes-coordinadas/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-09-29 (Infobae, 28 September 2026); reports the Pacto Histórico communiqué. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"pacto-historico-communique"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Who made the video and with what tool.","The date it first appeared.","Whether the Fiscalía opened an investigation."],"geography":{"basis":"Zuleta is a Colombian senator; the video depicts the Colombian Senate and her complaint was addressed to Colombia's Fiscalía (La Razón.co). Where the video was made is not stated.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["CO"],"affected_person_countries":["CO"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case (an AI-made video impersonating a named senator, attributing words she denies saying, circulated as authentic). The account rests on her statements and her party's communiqué; she is a public figure. The claimed political motive is recorded as her allegation.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Zuleta says the video was created with AI using her face, voice and the Senate setting (La Razón.co; Chicanoticias), and La Razón.co reports that verifications labelled it AI-generated. The tool and creator are not identified.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Colombia: Senator Isabel Zuleta says a viral AI-made video cloned her face and voice in the Senate chamber to show her swearing about a nickname; she asks the Fiscalía to investigate identity impersonation","summary":"By 26 September 2026 a video was circulating on social media appearing to show Senator Isabel Zuleta, in the Senate chamber, reacting with obscene language to being called 'cabeza de brócoli'. Zuleta said on X that it was a fake created with AI using her face, voice and the Senate setting, and that it sought to distort her work in opposition. The video drew a wave of criticism and attacks as users shared it as real, and several regional sites ran it as authentic. She asked the Fiscalía General de la Nación to investigate identity impersonation and said she would report the accounts spreading it. Her party, the Pacto Histórico, rejected the video and asked the Fiscalía, the Police and the National Electoral Council to investigate coordinated attacks on opposition congresswomen.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-26","aiSystem":"Unnamed AI tool used to clone her face and voice in a video (per the senator)","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"An AI-made video attributing obscene statements to a senator circulated as authentic and drew online attacks on her; she asked prosecutors to investigate (Zuleta via La Razón.co and Chicanoticias).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One depicted person, Senator Zuleta. Other congresswomen named in the party communiqué are not reported as depicted in this video and are not counted. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"CO","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://larazon.co/la-senadora-isabel-zuleta-denuncia-un-video-con-ia-que-clona-su-rostro-y-su-voz-para-ponerla-a-decir-groserias/","primarySourceLabel":"La Razón.co, 26 September 2026: La senadora Isabel Zuleta denuncia un video con IA que clona su rostro y su voz para ponerla a decir groserías","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T03:22:13.582118+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:33.42644+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","political-deepfake","impersonation","colombia","senate","women-in-politics","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-guanajuato-vendimias-spot-announcer-voice-ai-clone-carreto","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'El locutor comercial Diego Carreto denunció que en un spot promocional de las Vendimias de Guanajuato, elaborado por una empresa privada, pero difundido por la Secretaría de Turismo del Estado, se utilizó su voz sin su autorización, pues él nunca trabajó ni para ese spot, ni para esa empresa, ni para la Secretaría de Turismo.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'“El gobierno utilizó un anuncio para una campaña nacional con mi voz, cuando yo no fui contactado para esa campaña, no la grabé”.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A promotional spot for Vendimias Guanajuato, produced by a private agency and distributed by the Guanajuato state tourism secretariat, used a voice that the León commercial announcer Diego Carreto says is his although he never recorded it or worked for the agency or the secretariat.","causal_attribution":"His account. That the voice was made with generative AI is his inference; neither the agency nor the secretariat has confirmed how it was produced."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Por lo tanto, al ser público, supuso que su demo fue parte del material que se utilizó para alimentar a la inteligencia artificial generativa.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Pido tres cosas: la remuneración por mi trabajo, porque es mi voz. El que se dé de baja todo el material que yo no grabé”, además de la eliminación de sus datos biométricos.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Carreto believes his public voice demo was used to train or feed a generative-AI voice system, and he asked for removal of the material, payment for the use of his voice, legal action against those responsible and deletion of his biometric data.","causal_attribution":"His stated belief about the method and his demands."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'El spot ya se difundió a nivel nacional, dijo él mismo, y en entrevista con AM precisó que lo vio en Puebla y en la Ciudad de México.'; 'También señaló que el spot se difundió a nivel estatal en la radio, en las redes sociales de la Secretaría de Turismo del Estado de Guanajuato y del Gobierno de Guanajuato, así como en la plataforma oficial de promoción turística de México, llamada Visit México.'; 'AM verificó este domingo y el spot ya no estaba en la cuenta de X de la Sectur estatal.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Carreto says the spot circulated nationally (he saw it in Puebla and Mexico City) and was distributed within Guanajuato on radio, on the social media of the state tourism secretariat and the state government, and on the Visit México platform; AM found it no longer on the secretariat's X account on 27 September.","causal_attribution":"Distribution as described by Carreto; the removal from X is AM's own check."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'“Rechazamos cualquier uso indebido de la voz o imagen de una persona, incluido el uso de herramientas de inteligencia artificial sin la autorización correspondiente”.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'hemos solicitado de manera inmediata a la empresa responsable de su producción que aclare lo ocurrido, responda al planteamiento y atienda la situación conforme corresponda'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"The state Secretaría de Turismo e Identidad said it rejects any unauthorised use of a person's voice or image, including with AI tools, and asked the production company to clarify what happened, respond to the complaint and deal with the situation as appropriate.","causal_attribution":"The secretariat did not confirm or deny that his voice was cloned."}],"effects":[{"label":"a voice he says is his, which he never recorded, used without consent or payment in a state tourism advertisement","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.am.com.mx/guanajuato/2026/09/27/diego-carreto-denuncia-que-clonaron-su-voz-con-ia-para-spot-de-vendimias-guanajuato-1849241.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-09-29 (Periódico AM, 27 September 2026). Interview with Carreto plus AM's own checks. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"carreto-account"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://ahoramx.com/2026/09/parece-un-capitulo-de-black-mirror-diego-carreto-denuncia-uso-de-su-voz-con-ia/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-09-29 (Ahora Mx interview). Researcher translation.","independence_group":"carreto-account"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://periodicocorreo.com.mx/leon/2026/sep/27/denuncian-uso-no-autorizado-de-voz-con-ia-en-promocion-de-vendimias-guanajuato-2026-167667.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-09-29 (Periódico Correo, 27 September 2026); quotes the Secretaría de Turismo e Identidad communiqué. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"sectur-guanajuato-statement"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.conxionturistica.com/post/secretar%C3%ADa-de-turismo-de-guanajuato-rechaza-y-condena-uso-indebido-de-voz-o-imagen-de-persona-con-in","kind":"news_relay","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-09-29; relays the same communiqué. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"sectur-guanajuato-statement"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["work"],"unknowns":["How the voice was produced; the agency's account.","Whether he has been paid or a legal complaint filed.","Whether the spot has been withdrawn from all channels.","When the spot was produced and first aired; it was circulating before his complaint of 25 September 2026."],"geography":{"basis":"The spot was commissioned for the Guanajuato state tourism campaign and broadcast in Mexico; Carreto lives in León, Guanajuato (Periódico AM).","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["MX"],"affected_person_countries":["MX"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case (a professional's voice reproduced without consent in a government-distributed advertisement, which he attributes to AI cloning). The account is his, reported by several Mexican outlets; the state tourism secretariat's response is recorded. AI use is suspected, not established.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Carreto says the voice in the spot is his and that he never recorded it; he infers that his public demo fed a generative-AI system and notes that the agency advertises AI services (Periódico AM; Ahora Mx). The state secretariat's communiqué refers to AI tools without confirming their use (Periódico Correo). No technical analysis is reported.","status":"suspected"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Guanajuato, Mexico: León announcer Diego Carreto says a state-distributed Vendimias Guanajuato tourism ad used an AI clone of his voice that he never recorded or was paid for; the state tourism secretariat asks the producing agency to explain","summary":"On 25 September 2026 Diego Carreto, a 26-year-old commercial announcer from León, Guanajuato, published a video saying that a promotional spot for Vendimias Guanajuato 2026, produced by a private agency and distributed by the state Secretaría de Turismo e Identidad, used his voice although he never recorded it, never worked with the agency and was never contacted. He showed segments of the spot and repeated the same lines himself. He believes his public voice demo was fed into a generative-AI system, and asked for removal of all material with his voice, payment for its use, legal action against those responsible and deletion of his biometric data. He says the spot ran nationally, and within Guanajuato on radio, on state government social media and on the Visit México platform. The secretariat said it rejects any unauthorised use of a person's voice or image, including with AI tools, and asked the producing company to clarify what happened. AI use has not been confirmed.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-27","aiSystem":"A voice attributed by the announcer to generative-AI cloning, used in an advertisement produced by a private agency for the Guanajuato state tourism secretariat; the tool and its use are unconfirmed","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool (suspected)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["professional_harm","other_material_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A commercial announcer says his voice was reproduced, which he attributes to AI cloning, and used without consent or payment in a nationally broadcast state tourism advertisement (Carreto via Periódico AM and Ahora Mx).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the announcer whose voice was used (Periódico AM). Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"MX-GUA","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"internal_action","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.am.com.mx/guanajuato/2026/09/27/diego-carreto-denuncia-que-clonaron-su-voz-con-ia-para-spot-de-vendimias-guanajuato-1849241.html","primarySourceLabel":"Periódico AM, 27 September 2026: Diego Carreto denuncia que clonaron su voz con IA para spot de Vendimias Guanajuato","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T03:22:11.290326+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:38.71861+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["voice-cloning","voice-actor","government-advertising","guanajuato","mexico","unauthorised-use","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-campo-grande-ms-ai-voice-clone-brother-car-purchase-pix-fraud","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'os golpistas usaram informações sobre sua família e uma voz clonada para fazê-lo acreditar que estava negociando um automóvel com a ajuda do próprio irmão'; 'Márcio passou o contato do irmão para que ele pudesse verificar o carro presencialmente. Foi a partir desse momento que os criminosos passaram a se fantasiar do familiar'; '\"Entraram em contato comigo como se fosse o meu irmão, falando que já viu o carro, mandou vídeo e que estava tudo certo\"'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"After the workshop owner passed his brother's contact to a supposed seller in Ponta Porã, the fraudsters contacted him as if they were his brother, saying the brother had seen the car, sending a video and confirming that everything was in order; he says they used information about his family and a cloned voice.","causal_attribution":"The victim's account as reported by G1 MS."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Acreditando que conversava com o parente, Márcio fez um Pix de aproximadamente R$ 28 mil para pagar pelo veículo. Logo depois, os criminosos bloquearam o contato'; 'acionou o banco pelo aplicativo e solicitou a contestação da transferência por meio do Mecanismo Especial de Devolução (MED) do Banco Central. Após quase três horas de atendimento, registro presencial e apresentação do boletim de ocorrência, ele conseguiu reaver cerca de 20% do valor perdido'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Believing he was talking to his brother, he made a Pix transfer of about R$28,000 for the car, after which the criminals blocked contact; he contested the transfer through the Central Bank's return mechanism and recovered about 20 percent after nearly three hours, an in-person registration and a police report.","causal_attribution":"The victim's account; the loss is attributed to the fraudsters."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'a mãe recebeu mensagens, um áudio e um vídeo de uma pessoa que se passava pela estudante'; 'Na gravação com a voz clonada, o criminoso afirmava que já estava no estabelecimento, que havia vistoriado o carro e o mecânico responsável também teria aprovado o veículo. A suposta Isabela autorizava, então, o pagamento via Pix'; 'A mãe, contudo, decidiu confirmar a informação diretamente com a filha. Foi quando descobriu que Isabela não estava no local e o áudio havia sido gerado por inteligência artificial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In a second case, a medical student's mother in Dourados received messages, an audio and a video from someone posing as her daughter, in a cloned voice, saying she had inspected an HB20 at the family's trusted workshop and authorising the Pix; the mother checked directly with her daughter, found she was not there and that the audio had been AI-generated, and did not pay.","causal_attribution":"The student's account as reported by G1 MS; no loss occurred."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'afirmou que a unidade ainda não catalogou casos idênticos com o uso específico de clonagem de voz, o que sinaliza a novidade do modus operandi'; 'A reportagem questionou a Polícia Civil de Mato Grosso do Sul sobre esse tipo de crime, mas não obteve retorno até a última atualização desta reportagem'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A prosecutor of the Mato Grosso do Sul Public Ministry said the unit had not yet catalogued identical cases with voice cloning and recommended registering police reports even for attempts; G1 said the Civil Police had not responded to its questions.","causal_attribution":"Prosecutor's statement to G1 MS."}],"effects":[{"label":"about R$28,000 transferred by Pix after voice notes in a brother's AI-cloned voice 'confirmed' a car purchase; about a fifth recovered","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://g1.globo.com/ms/mato-grosso-do-sul/noticia/2026/09/19/novo-golpe-do-pix-usa-voz-clonada-de-familiares-para-enganar-vitimas-em-negociacoes-de-carros.ghtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-09-21 (HTTP 200; bylined Ana Karla Flores and Geane Beserra, g1 MS and TV Morena, 19 September 2026). Based on the two families' accounts and statements from a lawyer and a prosecutor; quotations translated by the reviewer.","independence_group":"g1-ms-2026-09-19"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life","relationships"],"unknowns":["The date of the fraud and the police report are not stated.","The voice-cloning tool is not identified and no police or technical confirmation of the AI element is reported.","The exact amount transferred and recovered ('aproximadamente R$ 28 mil'; 'cerca de 20%') are approximate in the report.","How the fraudsters obtained the brother's voice, and whether the seller's advertisement or accounts were traced, is not reported.","No arrest or later coverage was found."],"geography":{"basis":"Victim's workshop in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul; the car was supposedly in Ponta Porã; the second targeted family is in Campo Grande and Dourados (G1 MS). Police report registered; no court proceeding.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["BR"],"affected_person_countries":["BR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an impersonation-fraud case with a concrete financial loss reported by the victim in a bylined regional report that also documents a police report and the bank's partial return. One source read in full; claims recorded as reported and attributed. The victims are named in the report and are not named here.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-21"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The victim and G1 MS describe the audios as a cloned voice produced with artificial intelligence, and G1 publishes images of the audio messages; in the second case the mother found the audio 'havia sido gerado por inteligência artificial'. No police or technical confirmation of the AI element is reported and the tool is not identified.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul: a workshop owner paid about R$28,000 by Pix for a car after messages and voice notes in his brother's AI-cloned voice 'confirmed' the vehicle; a second family avoided the same fraud by checking directly with their daughter","summary":"A businessman who owns a workshop in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, found a car advertised at a market price by a seller who said he was in Ponta Porã, the businessman's home town; he passed his brother's contact so the brother could inspect the car. The fraudsters then contacted him as if they were his brother, saying he had seen the car, sending a video and confirming everything was in order; believing he was speaking to his brother, he made a Pix transfer of about R$28,000, after which the contact was blocked. He told G1 MS and TV Morena that the criminals used information about his family and a cloned voice. Guided by his wife, he contested the transfer through the Central Bank's special return mechanism and, after nearly three hours, a police report and an in-person registration, recovered about 20 percent. In a second case reported alongside, a medical student's mother in Dourados received messages, a voice note and a video from someone posing as her daughter, in a cloned voice, approving payment for an HB20 she was buying in Campo Grande; the mother checked directly with her daughter and discovered the audio had been AI-generated before any money was sent. A state prosecutor said his unit had not yet catalogued identical voice-cloning cases and urged victims to file police reports; the Civil Police did not respond to G1's questions. The date of the fraud is not reported.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-09-19","aiSystem":"AI voice cloning (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The workshop owner lost about R$28,000 in a Pix transfer made after voice notes and messages in his brother's AI-cloned voice 'confirmed' the car purchase, recovering about a fifth through the bank's return mechanism (his account to G1 MS and TV Morena).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One victim who made the transfer (G1 MS). The brother whose voice was imitated reports no loss; the student and her mother avoided the fraud before paying and are not counted. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"BR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://g1.globo.com/ms/mato-grosso-do-sul/noticia/2026/09/19/novo-golpe-do-pix-usa-voz-clonada-de-familiares-para-enganar-vitimas-em-negociacoes-de-carros.ghtml","primarySourceLabel":"G1 MS and TV Morena, 19 September 2026: Voz clonada por IA ajuda golpistas a aplicar golpe de R$ 28 mil em compra de carro em Mato Grosso do Sul","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-21T04:11:23.184568+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:30.218404+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["voice-cloning","impersonation","car-purchase-fraud","pix","brazil","mato-grosso-do-sul","campo-grande","financial-loss"]},{"id":"2026-surat-mp-dholakia-deepfake-old-coin-fraud","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'used artificial intelligence to manipulate publicly available videos and photographs of Dholakia, replacing the original audio with a voice-over'; 'created multiple fake Facebook profiles using the name \"Old Coin Company\"'; 'his organisation, SRK, to approach the Surat Cyber Crime Police'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A publicly available video of MP Govind Dholakia was manipulated with AI and re-voiced to promote high-value old-coin deals; fake 'Old Coin Company' Facebook profiles used his images; his organisation SRK complained to Surat Cyber Crime Police after members of the public contacted him.","causal_attribution":"Police account reported by India Today; single chain."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Victims were then asked to transfer amounts ranging from Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,500 through UPI'; 'Nine complaints registered on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) across the country have been linked to these accounts, with the total fraud amount reported at approximately Rs 9.84 crore'; 'arresting the two men'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Victims were asked to pay Rs 1,000 to 1,500 by UPI as fees; police arrested two men from Nuh, Haryana, linked ten bank accounts to them and connected nine NCRP complaints totalling about Rs 9.84 crore to those accounts.","causal_attribution":"Police account reported by India Today; the Rs 9.84 crore figure is the police total for the linked complaints, not necessarily the coin scheme alone."}],"effects":[{"label":"people paid UPI 'fees' to an old-coin fraud fronted by an AI-manipulated video of an MP; nine cybercrime complaints linked to the accused's accounts","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/other-cities/story/surat-mp-deepfake-scam-govindbhai-dholakia-old-coin-fraud-two-arrested-2996319-2026-09-16","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-18 via the MSN content API copy of the India Today report (16 Sep 2026), which names the source URL; it carries the Surat Cyber Crime Police account.","independence_group":"india-today"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life","justice"],"unknowns":["How much of the Rs 9.84 crore came from the coin scheme versus other frauds through the same accounts is not stated.","When the video began circulating is not stated.","Whether the two men have been charged and the case number are not reported.","The AI tools used are not identified."],"geography":{"basis":"Complaint and investigation in Surat, Gujarat; arrests in Nuh, Haryana; complainants 'across the country' on the NCRP (India Today). No court proceeding reported yet.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an impersonation-fraud case with reported financial harm to identified complainants and a police investigation with arrests. One reputable news chain carrying the police account was read; all claims are recorded as reported. Complainants unnamed; the MP is a public figure named in the police complaint.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-18"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Surat police say the accused used artificial intelligence to manipulate the MP's videos and photographs and replace the audio with a voice-over; no forensic detail is published. The artifact depicted and impersonated a public figure; victims dealt with the fraudsters through fake profiles and UPI payments.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Surat, India: a deepfake video of Rajya Sabha MP Govind Dholakia was used to run an 'old coin' buying fraud; two men arrested and nine cybercrime complaints linked to their accounts","summary":"Surat Cyber Crime Police said a publicly available video of Rajya Sabha MP and diamond industrialist Govind Dholakia was manipulated with AI, its audio replaced by a voice-over in which he appeared to say that people holding old coins or currency notes could contact a number and receive lakhs or crores of rupees. The video circulated on Facebook and Instagram alongside fake 'Old Coin Company' profiles using his photos; people who responded were asked to pay Rs 1,000 to 1,500 by UPI as processing or registration fees and were told of a fabricated Reserve Bank of India warning to win their trust. After members of the public contacted Dholakia, his organisation SRK complained to police. Investigators traced the operation to Nuh in Haryana and arrested two men, aged 25 and 30, from Thathaula village; ten bank accounts were linked to them, and nine complaints on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal from across India, totalling about Rs 9.84 crore, were connected to those accounts.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-09-16","aiSystem":"AI video manipulation with a replaced voice-over impersonating MP Govind Dholakia (tools not named)","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"People who responded to an AI-manipulated video of an MP paid fees to fraudsters; police linked nine cybercrime complaints totalling about Rs 9.84 crore to the accused's bank accounts. The MP's identity and likeness were misused, prompting his organisation to complain.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":9,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Police linked nine complaints on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal to the accused's bank accounts (India Today). Each complaint is treated as one complainant; the reported Rs 9.84 crore total may include other frauds through the same accounts, and people who paid small fees without complaining are uncounted. Documented minimum of nine.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/other-cities/story/surat-mp-deepfake-scam-govindbhai-dholakia-old-coin-fraud-two-arrested-2996319-2026-09-16","primarySourceLabel":"India Today, 16 Sep 2026: Deepfake of Surat MP used to promote fake coins, two arrested in Rs 9.8 crore fraud (Surat Cyber Crime Police account)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-18T03:25:12.535823+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:55.87261+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","voice-over","public-figure-impersonation","fraud","india","gujarat","surat","haryana","facebook","instagram","upi"]}]}