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Purported Deepfake Reportedly Circulated on Facebook Impersonating Thai PBS World Anchors and Business Figures to Solicit Investments
- Occurred
- Aug 28, 2025
- Published
- Aug 28, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A purported deepfake video circulating on Facebook allegedly used AI-generated visuals and voice synthesis to impersonate Thai PBS World anchors and prominent business figures, promoting a fraudulent "Crystallum AI" investment promising fivefold returns. The original clip was reportedly traced to a 2013 NHK report, but it misused logos and likenesses.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Crystallum AI
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Toss Chirathivat
- Thai social media users
- Thai PBS World
- Thai investors
- Thai Chamber of Commerce
- Patchari Raksawong
- Kalin Sarasin
- General public of Thailand
- Central Group (Thailand)
- Epistemic integrity
Tags
- Crystallum AI
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: AI-generated impersonation used for financial fraud involving public figures.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8