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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 individuals—Jacob Soall, Sharon Hazan, and Guy Sheetrit—have been indicted for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft involving a scheme to use artificial intelligence to impersonate corporate executives and attorneys. The trio stole approximately $129 million from thousands of companies worldwide over more than a year and a half.

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Jacob Soall, Sharon Hazan, and Guy Sheetrit have been indicted on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for using AI to impersonate corporate executives and attorneys to steal approximately $129 million over more than a year and a half, according to an indictment filed in a U.S. District Court in New York on Thursday. The suspects targeted thousands of companies worldwide, including hospital systems in Missouri and California, a bank in Rhode Island, a financial technology company in the UK, a mutual fund company in Massachusetts, and a pet food company in Florida.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Three people accused of using artificial intelligence to impersonate corporate executives and attorneys to steal about $129 million have been indicted on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, prosecutors said Thursday. asserted

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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 U.S. District Court in New York. uncertain

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