Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment last week accusing three men of using AI to impersonate chief executives and lawyers in a fraud scheme that drained more than $129 million from companies across the United States and Europe.
\n\nThe New York Times reports that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York charged Jacob Soall, 41, of Marbella, Spain, and Britain; Sharon Hazan, 54, of Israel; and Guy Sheetrit, 42, of Israel and the United Arab Emirates, with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering. All three are awaiting extradition to the United States. Soall was arrested in Spain, Hazan in Israel and Sheetrit in Britain, with the arrests unfolding over several months starting in June.
\n\nProsecutors say the scheme ran for roughly 18 months starting in July 2024, and it followed a consistent pattern. An employee at the target company, often an accountant or finance manager, would receive an email supposedly from a company executive. In one example cited in the indictment, an email went out in October 2024 to a major investment bank in New York City, asking an employee to sign a nondisclosure agreement and then call a supposed lawyer. The defendants allegedly borrowed…
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