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Deepfake of Former Prime Minister of Malta Joseph Muscat Allegedly Promotes Nord Invest Scam
- Occurred
- Apr 12, 2024
- Published
- Apr 12, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A reported doctored video falsely depicts former Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat promoting the crypto platform Nord Invest. The manipulated footage, originally from a 2013 Sky News interview, was overlaid with AI-generated audio to mimic Muscat’s voice endorsing a fraudulent scheme. The video was reportedly shared through Facebook.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Unknown scammers impersonating Joseph Muscat
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Joseph Muscat
- General public of Malta
Tags
- Deepfake
- Financial fraud
- Investment scam
- Cryptocurrency scam
- Malta
- Impersonation
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: AI-generated voice and video used to deceive public and promote a scam.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8