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Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown's Voice and Image Misused in AI-Generated Scam
- Occurred
- Oct 25, 2024
- Published
- Oct 25, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A scammer used AI to create a deepfake video of Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown, falsely claiming that a recipient owed $100,000 to the federal government. The video, sent via email from a fake SLCPD account, used a cloned voice and repurposed footage from a past interview.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers
- Deepfake creators
Harmed parties
- Mike Brown
- Woods Cross residents
- Salt Lake City residents
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated deepfake video used for financial fraud targeting a public official.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8