Description: AP reported that traffickers at Myanmar's Tai Chang scam compound forced a man named Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil to use the AI-powered KT platform to impersonate women and target thousands of people online. The system reportedly supported the scam conversations while monitoring worker performance. Koorimannil said he was beaten for poor results and later paid 500,000 rupees ($5,300) for his release.
Editor Notes: Timeline notes: The incident ID date is 06/29/2026, based on the publication date of the AP investigation because the dates of Koorimannil's trafficking and forced work were not disclosed. AP reported that he used the KT platform during approximately one month of forced scamming before paying for his release. The incident ID was created on 07/15/2026.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: OpenAI , Large language model developers , Google DeepMind , Google and AI-assisted scam platform developers developed an AI system deployed by Tai Chang scam compound operators , Scammers , Pig-butchering scammers and Cybercriminals, which harmed Trafficking victims coerced into scam operations , Targets of scams , Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil , Human trafficking victims , Financial scam victims and Epistemic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Workplace productivity monitoring systems , Large language models , Kongtian Intelligent Customer Acquisition (KT) , Gemini , ChatGPT and AI-assisted scam operations platforms
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1588
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2026-06-29
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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The instructions were clear: He had four days to make each victim fall in love.
And there were a lot of victims. Online, Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, who was trafficked to a scam center in Myanmar, impersonated a 28-year-old Singaporean wom…
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