Description: Greek police alleged that a fraud ring used AI-cloned voices of victims' relatives to validate calls impersonating utility and telecom workers, persuading victims to surrender money and valuables. Police arrested two alleged collectors in Nea Ionia, Attica, after a theft of valuables worth €30,000, and estimated the organization's total illicit proceeds at over €1 million.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Synthetic audio generation technology developers , Voice cloning technology developers , Synthetic media generation technology developers and Deepfake technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Voice cloning fraud ring in Attica, Greece , Voice cloning impersonation scammers , Scammers , Impersonation scammers , Deepfake creators and Synthetic media creators, which harmed Victims of the voice cloning fraud ring in Attica, Greece , Victims of voice cloning impersonation scams , Victims of deepfake-enabled fraud , Financial scam victims , Epistemic integrity and Privacy.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Synthetic audio generation technology , Deepfake technology , Synthetic media technology and Voice cloning technology
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1748
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2026-09-18
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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According to the police, the organisation's illegal proceeds from its activities are estimated to exceed 1 million euros.
A criminal organisation that used Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to clone the voices of relatives in order to make…
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Hellenic Police Headquarters, Archigeio Ellinikis Astynomias post-incident response
ΑΡΧΗΓΕΙΟ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗΣ ΑΣΤΥΝΟΜΙΑΣ
Αθήνα, 18 Σεπτεμβρίου 2026
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