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Incident 1271: Purported Deepfake of Greek Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis Reportedly Used in Facebook Investment Scam

Description: Greek Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis and the Ministry of Economy and Finance reportedly filed a lawsuit against unidentified operators of a Facebook page that allegedly used AI to generate a deepfake video falsely depicting the minister endorsing fraudulent "high-yield" investment schemes. Authorities noted this follows similar deepfake-driven scams in Greece involving impersonation of public figures for illicit financial gain.

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Alleged: Unknown deepfake technology developer and Unknown voice cloning technology developer developed an AI system deployed by Unknown scammers , Unknown fraudsters and Unknown scammers impersonating Kyriakos Pierrakakis, which harmed Kyriakos Pierrakakis , Government of Greece , Ministry of Economy and Finance of Greece , General public , General public of Greece , Greek investors , Investors and Epistemic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown deepfake technology , Unknown voice cloning technology , Facebook , Facebook advertising system and Social media platforms

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Incident ID
1271
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-11-14
Editors
Daniel Atherton

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Incident OccurrenceGreek Finance Minister Sues Facebook Page Over Deepfake Investment Scam
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Greek Finance Minister Sues Facebook Page Over Deepfake Investment Scam

Greek Finance Minister Sues Facebook Page Over Deepfake Investment Scam

greekcitytimes.com

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Greek Finance Minister Sues Facebook Page Over Deepfake Investment Scam
greekcitytimes.com · 2025

A lawsuit accuses unknown Facebook page administrators of using AI-generated deepfakes to falsely portray the minister promoting fraudulent "high-yield" investment schemes.

Greece's Ministry of Economy and Finance, along with Minister Kyria…

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