Description: Deputies in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, said Marrero resident Haydee Ortiz was initially treated as a victim before investigators allegedly linked her to an online impersonation and extortion campaign involving purportedly AI-generated sexual images and violent threats. Police said sexual media depicting one victim was sent to family and friends, while a person was threatened with rape or bodily harm unless money was paid.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Synthetic video generation technology developers , Synthetic media generation technology developers , Synthetic image generation technology developers and Deepfake technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Synthetic media creators , Online impersonators , Haydee Ortiz , Extortionists and Deepfake creators, which harmed Victims of non-consensual deepfakes , Victims of deepfake abuse , Unnamed victims of alleged Haydee Ortiz extortion and stalking scheme , Targets of online impersonation , Stalking victims , Privacy and Epistemic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Synthetic video generation technology , Synthetic media generation technology , Synthetic image generation technology and Deepfake technology
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1611
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2026-07-24
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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LIVINGSTON --- A Marrero woman who was initially considered a victim in an online threats and extortion case has been arrested after investigators discovered she was actually behind the scheme herself, the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office…
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