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Bank of Italy Warned That Purported Deepfakes of Governor Fabio Panetta Were Used in Allegedly Fraudulent Investment Promotions
- Occurred
- Feb 26, 2026
- Published
- Feb 26, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
The Bank of Italy warned that purportedly fake content using Governor Fabio Panetta's name and likeness were reportedly circulating online to promote alleged investment opportunities. The bank said some of the material had been created with purported deepfake techniques and was likely intended to defraud the public. It filed a complaint with judicial authorities.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
- Generative AI developers
- Synthetic image generation technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers impersonating Fabio Panetta
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- General public of Italy
- General public
- Fabio Panetta
- Epistemic integrity
- Bank of Italy
- Banca d'Italia
Tags
- response
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Deepfake technology used for fraud against public, triggering judicial complaint and regulatory warning.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8