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3 charged in scheme to use AI to impersonate CEOs and attorneys to steal $129 million
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Three people have been charged in a scheme to use artificial intelligence to impersonate corporate executives and attorneys to steal about $129 million. Prosecutors say Thursday that the three people have been indicted on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
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Three people have been charged in a scheme to use artificial intelligence to impersonate corporate executives and attorneys to steal about $129 million. Prosecutors say Thursday that the three people have been indicted on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Three people accused of using artificial intelligence to impersonate corporate executives and attorneys to steal about $129 million have been indicted, prosecutors say.
Three foreign nationals have been charged in connection with an alleged international fraud scheme that federal prosecutors say used AI technology to impersonate corporate executives and attorneys and steal more than $129 million.
Over more than a year and a half, Jacob Soall, 41, Sharon Hazan, 54, and Guy Sheetrit, 42, targeted thousands of companies across the world in their AI scheme, according to the indictment filed in a US District Court in New York.
Their victims included hospital systems in Missouri and California, a bank in Rhode Island, a financial technology company in the United Kingdom, a mutual fund company in Massachusetts and a pet food company in Florida, according to court documents.
Men allegedly impersonated voices and images of executives to convince employees to send large payments Three foreign nationals were arrested and charged with using AI to allegedly impersonate corporate CEOs and attorneys to steal over $100m, according to an indictment that was newly unsealed by the…
Federal prosecutors say three men used AI to impersonate CEOs and posed as lawyers to trick companies into wiring more than $129 million. The post Three Charged in $129 Million AI CEO Impersonation Scheme first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion .
