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Alleged AI-Generated Video Ads Impersonate Bank of Montreal Strategist Brian Belski to Promote Investment Scam
- Occurred
- Jun 12, 2025
- Published
- Jun 22, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A purportedly AI-generated video of Bank of Montreal Chief Investment Strategist Brian Belski was used in an alleged fraudulent investment ad campaign on Meta platforms, including Instagram and Facebook. The ads reportedly impersonated Belski to promote a WhatsApp investment group. BMO confirmed the impersonation and warned users; the Facebook page was reportedly renamed and repurposed by scammers.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Unknown scammers impersonating Brian Belski
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Brian Belski
- Bank of Montreal
- General public of Canada
Tags
- deepfake
- scam
- fraud
- impersonation
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated video impersonation used for fraud constitutes deepfake harm with significant financial risk.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8