Seoul police officer detained and referred to prosecutors after police say the officer used an AI app to make about 400 nude composites of acquaintances
Korean outlets reported on 4 October 2026, citing police, that a senior police officer (경장) in the traffic division of Seoul's Dongdaemun Police Station was arrested in September 2026 on charges including making and distributing fake sexual videos and possessing sexual exploitation material. According to police, from March 2022 to July 2026 the officer used an AI application to make about 400 fake videos compositing acquaintances' bodies as nude, and from August 2025 to April 2026 spread some of them in Telegram chat rooms. Busan police identified the officer after an undercover investigation of a Telegram room that began in December 2025. Busan Ilbo reports that the source photographs had been posted publicly on social media and that about 50 of the videos were spread. The acquaintances are not identified and their number is not reported. Dong-A Ilbo reported on 5 October 2026 that Busan police said the officer had been referred to prosecutors in detention on 18 September 2026; AI News puts the detention on 16 September. Dong-A Ilbo reports that the officer joined the police on 31 December 2023 and had received a suspended indictment in 2020 for an illegal-filming offence; Dong-A Ilbo and Korea Police News report that a suspended indictment is not a disqualification for appointment and was not caught at hiring.
AI involvement reported · Causal attribution alleged · 12 sources, 1 underlying account · Added 04/10/2026