Description: An international fraud network operating from a call center in Maslak, Istanbul reportedly used AI-assisted software to contact people in the Czech Republic and other European countries while posing as police, prosecutors, soldiers, and bank officials. Authorities said numerous victims were defrauded for substantial sums. Investigators found 80 foreign-national suspects at the call center and seized digital materials during raids at three Istanbul locations.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: AI software developers and AI-assisted call center software developers developed an AI system deployed by Scammers and Fraud networks, which harmed People targeted by financial scams , Fraud victims in the Czech Republic , Financial scam victims and Epistemic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Call center systems and AI-assisted call center software
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1640
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2026-07-03
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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A gang that defrauded European and Czech citizens through a call center they established in Maslak, Istanbul, using AI-powered software, has been apprehended. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------…
Variants
A "variant" is an AI incident similar to a known case—it has the same causes, harms, and AI system. Instead of listing it separately, we group it under the first reported incident. Unlike other incidents, variants do not need to have been reported outside the AIID. Learn more from the research paper.
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