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  "id": 18550650,
  "title": "Israelis among three suspects charged for $129 million fraud scheme, using AI to impersonate CEOs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/israelis-among-three-suspects-charged-for-129-million-fraud-scheme",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-06T19:18:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/international/article-914078"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Israeli nationals Sharon Hazan and Guy Sheetrit, along with dual national Jacob Soall, have been charged in connection with a $129 million fraud scheme that utilized artificial intelligence to impersonate company CEOs, according to unsealed FBI and US Attorney's Office documents. The trio used AI to impersonate CEOs, lawyers, and their voices, convincing employees at various companies to wire funds to accounts controlled by the co-conspirators, who then converted the money into cryptocurrency to hide its origin. Hazan, Sheetrit, and Soall were arrested in Spain, the United Kingdom, and Spain, respectively, with extradition proceedings currently pending.",
  "summary": "Israeli national Sharon Hazan and dual Israeli-Emirati national Guy Sheetrit, along with Spanish-British national Jacob Soall, were all charged with offenses related to money laundering and fraud.",
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        "title": "3 charged in scheme to use AI to impersonate CEOs and attorneys to steal $129 million",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/3-charged-in-scheme-to-use-ai-to-impersonate-ceos-and-attorneys-to-18438467",
        "published": "2026-11-06T02:37:59.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "3 charged in scheme to use AI to impersonate CEOs and attorneys to steal $129 million",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/3-charged-in-scheme-to-use-ai-to-impersonate-ceos-and-attorneys-to",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "3 charged in scheme to use AI to impersonate CEOs, attorneys to steal $129 mil.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/3-charged-in-scheme-to-use-ai-to-impersonate-ceos-attorneys-to-steal",
        "published": "2026-11-06T02:52:04.000Z"
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        "outlet": "SecurityWeek",
        "title": "3 Charged in Scheme to Use AI to Impersonate CEOs and Attorneys to Steal $129 Million",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/3-charged-in-scheme-to-use-ai-to-impersonate-ceos-and-attorneys-to-18430575",
        "published": "2026-11-06T03:03:29.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "US accuses trio of using AI to impersonate CEOs and lawyers to steal US$129 million",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/us-accuses-trio-of-using-ai-to-impersonate-ceos-and-lawyers-to-steal",
        "published": "2026-11-06T05:43:32.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Three charged with using AI to impersonate CEOs and steal about $129 million",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/three-charged-with-using-ai-to-impersonate-ceos-and-steal-about-129",
        "published": "2026-11-06T18:10:41.000Z"
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  "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."
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