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Tbilisi-Based Call Center Allegedly Uses AI-Driven Scripts to Defraud Over 6,000 Victims of $35 Million
- Occurred
- Mar 5, 2025
- Published
- Apr 10, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A large-scale AI-assisted financial scam, allegedly operated from Tbilisi, Georgia, used deepfake celebrity endorsements and manipulated victims through fraudulent trading dashboards that simulated high returns. Call center agents, trained with AI-driven persuasion tactics, convinced individuals to invest more money while falsely promising profits. Many reportedly lost their life savings, with the total losses reaching $35M across more than 6,000 victims.
Developers
- Third-Party AI Service Providers for Call Center Training
- Fraudulent Trading Platform Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- Scammer Operatives in Georgia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Spain
- Meri Shotadze
- Golden Currencies
- Akaki Kevkhishvili
- AK Group
- AdmiralsFX
Harmed parties
- Small business owners
- Retirees seeking investment opportunities
- People with neurological disorders
- Individuals deceived by celebrity deepfake impersonations
- Financial professionals
- Elderly investors
- Financial scam victims
Tags
- Financial fraud
- Call centers
- Impersonations
- Fake trading platforms
- Investment fraud
- Cybercrime
- Republic of Georgia
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 95%
Rationale: Deepfake celebrity endorsements were used to defraud victims of $35M, causing significant financial harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8