Bolivian Criminal Network Allegedly Used Deepfake of Education Minister to Defraud at Least 19 Victims in Employment Scam
Date: 2025-02-10
Affected: Alfredo Ch. S., Deepfake Technology Developers, Jackelin A.m., Luis G.c., Mariana A.s., Scammers, Scammers Impersonating Omar Veliz Ramos, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Vilma C.c.
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #937: Bolivian Criminal Network Allegedly Used Deepfake of Education Minister to Defraud at Least 19 Victims in Employment Scam. Alleged deployer/developer: Alfredo Ch. S., Deepfake Technology Developers, Jackelin A.m., Luis G.c., Mariana A.s., Scammers, Scammers Impersonating Omar Veliz Ramos, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Vilma C.c.. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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