Hong Kong Syndicate Allegedly Used AI-Generated Facial Composites to Open Bank Accounts
Date: 2025-04-07
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Generative Ai Developers, Hong Kong Based Triad Affiliated Fraud Syndicate, Image Generation Technology Developers, Money Launderers, Scammers
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1066: Hong Kong Syndicate Allegedly Used AI-Generated Facial Composites to Open Bank Accounts. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Generative Ai Developers, Hong Kong Based Triad Affiliated Fraud Syndicate, Image Generation Technology Developers, Money Launderers, Scammers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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