The Justice Department has indicted three men for allegedly scamming companies out of more than $100 million with help from artificial intelligence, according to the source report. The report says the total was approximately $129 million.
Jacob Soall, Sharon Hazan and Guy Sheetrit are accused of pretending to be company CEOs or lawyers. They allegedly contacted lower-level employees and tricked them into sending large payments to bank accounts the men controlled.
According to the report, Soall and Hazan were arrested in Spain this summer, and Sheetrit was detained in the U.K. in September. The Justice Department said extradition requests for all three men are pending.
U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald said the men used artificial intelligence "to impersonate real people and deceive corporate executives into sending them and their co-conspirators approximately $129 million."
Prosecutors allege the conspiracy ran from 2024 to 2026. The report says co-conspirators also took part. Court documents say the men mimicked a CEO's voice or image on calls with employees, then sent employees to speak with lawyers at a large international firm. The men allegedly used AI to make themselves look and sound like those lawyers.
The report lists alleged thefts from a