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Purported Deepfake Advertisement Falsely Depicting Physician Endorsement Used to Sell Lipedema Cream to U.S. Patient Beth Holland
- Occurred
- Dec 3, 2025
- Published
- Dec 3, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A U.S. patient, Beth Holland, reported losing money after purchasing a purported lipedema treatment, Svelta Venastra, promoted through an online advertisement that allegedly used deepfake video to falsely depict endorsements by medical professionals and public figures, including her own physician, Dr. David Amron. The reported ad circulated on Facebook and misrepresented the product's efficacy, leading Holland to spend approximately $300 on a cream that did not alleviate her condition.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Beth Holland
- David Amron
- Oprah Winfrey
- Kelly Clarkson
- Carnie Wilson
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Incident involves deepfake video used to falsely endorse a medical product, causing financial loss but no physical injury.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8