3 charged in $129 million AI scheme targeting thousands of companies
Their victims included hospital systems in Missouri and California, a bank in Rhode Island, a financial technology company in the United Kingdom, a mutual fund company in Massachusetts and a pet food company in Florida, according to court documents.
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same indictment of three people over the roughly $129 million AI impersonation scheme, and nothing in it conflicts with Report 1.
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