{
  "id": 13983271,
  "title": "AI is supercharging a ~$442B scam economy that is bigger than the global cocaine trade, as the Chinese scam industry spreads beyond Asia's fortified compounds (Bloomberg)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/ai-is-supercharging-a-442b-scam-economy-that-is-bigger-than-the",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-12T14:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-ai-supercharges-scam-economy/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc5MTYyMzUwNywiZXhwIjoxNzkyMjI4MzA3LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUTU9QMExWVFRDWk0wMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI3MkRBRjZBRDQ4RTc0MTVEOTU5MTY2Njg3Njg0RDBFQSJ9.Ob3hlz27GYGXnAqfH9hBX486CogDzXBWCf5u_j-5tcI"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Samsung computers, Huawei smartphones, Redmi handsets and dozens of Chinese and Malaysian passports.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}