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Incident 1735: Police Officer in Seoul, South Korea, Alleged to Have Created and Shared Sexually Explicit Deepfakes of Acquaintances

Description: A police officer at Dongdaemun Police Station in Seoul, South Korea, was accused of using an AI app to create roughly 400 sexually explicit deepfake videos from acquaintances' photographs and sharing about 50 through Telegram. He was also charged with possessing about 1,600 child sexual abuse videos. Reporting does not establish whether that material was AI-generated. He was indicted following an undercover police investigation.
Editor Notes: Prosecution reporting places the alleged conduct between 03/13/2022 and 08/05/2026; initial coverage gave a July 2026 endpoint. The officer joined the police in April 2024. Arrest was reported in September 2026, followed by indictment reporting on 10/06/2026.

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Alleged: 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 , Law enforcement , Dongdaemun police officer accused of creating sexually explicit deepfakes , Deepfake creators in South Korea and Deepfake creators, which harmed Victims of non-consensual deepfakes , Privacy , Individuals depicted in deepfake porn , Epistemic integrity and Acquaintances depicted in the Dongdaemun police officer's alleged sexual deepfakes.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Synthetic video generation technology , Synthetic media generation technology , Synthetic image generation technology , Deepfake technology and AI nudification tools

Incident Stats

Incident ID
1735
Report Count
4
Incident Date
2022-03-13
Editors
Daniel Atherton

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AI 성착취물 만든 텔레그램방 '그놈'…잡고보니 동대문서 경찰관
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AI 성착취물 만든 텔레그램방 '그놈'…잡고보니 동대문서 경찰관

AI 성착취물 만든 텔레그램방 '그놈'…잡고보니 동대문서 경찰관

yna.co.kr

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Why the 'police officer who made child pornography' was appointed despite his history of sex crimes… "Law issues"

Why the 'police officer who made child pornography' was appointed despite his history of sex crimes… "Law issues"

yna.co.kr

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Police Officer with 'Suspended Indictment for Sex Crimes' Indicted Under Arrest for Production and Distribution of AI Sexual Exploitation Material

Police Officer with 'Suspended Indictment for Sex Crimes' Indicted Under Arrest for Production and Distribution of AI Sexual Exploitation Material

newsis.com

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Police officer indicted for fabricating, distributing deepfake videos of acquaintances

Police officer indicted for fabricating, distributing deepfake videos of acquaintances

en.yna.co.kr

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AI 성착취물 만든 텔레그램방 '그놈'…잡고보니 동대문서 경찰관
yna.co.kr · 2026

(서울=연합뉴스) 박재현 전재훈 기자 = 인공지능(AI)으로 지인을 나체로 표현한 성착취물을 만들고 텔레그램 대화방에서 성적 허위 영상물을 공유하던 현직 경찰관이 구속됐다.

동종 사건으로 기소유예 처분을 받고도 경찰에 입직한 그는 경찰제복을 입은 뒤에도 범행을 이어가다 다른 경찰의 잠입수사에 덜미를 잡혔다.

4일 연합뉴스 취재에 따르면 서울 동대문경찰서 소속 A경장은 성 착취물-허위 영상물 소지 및 허위 영상물 제작-반포 등 …

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Why the 'police officer who made child pornography' was appointed despite his history of sex crimes… "Law issues"
yna.co.kr · 2026
AI Translated

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeon Jae-hoon = Regarding the case in which an active police officer was arrested for creating and sharing sexually exploitative material online using artificial intelligence (AI), it has been confirmed that t…

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Police Officer with 'Suspended Indictment for Sex Crimes' Indicted Under Arrest for Production and Distribution of AI Sexual Exploitation Material
newsis.com · 2026
AI Translated

[Busan=Newsis] Reporter Kim Min-ji = An active police officer accused of using artificial intelligence (AI) to create and share sexually exploitative material targeting acquaintances has been referred to trial while in custody.

The Busan Pu…

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Police officer indicted for fabricating, distributing deepfake videos of acquaintances
en.yna.co.kr · 2026

BUSAN, Oct. 7 (Yonhap) -- A police officer in Seoul has been indicted for using artificial intelligence (AI) to create and spread deepfake videos of people he knew, prosecutors said Wednesday.

The Busan District Prosecutors Office said the …

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