{
  "id": 2845232,
  "title": "‘Frighteningly easy’: How fake AI payslips fuel mortgage fraud",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/frighteningly-easy-how-fake-ai-payslips-fuel-mortgage-fraud",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-23T19:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/frighteningly-easy-how-fake-ai-payslips-fuel-mortgage-fraud-20260820-p60q6s.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Dodgy loan applications are on the rise, reigniting a bank push for a shift away from old-school documents such as payslips and tax returns.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "‘Frighteningly easy’: How fake AI payslips fuel mortgage fraud",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/frighteningly-easy-how-fake-ai-payslips-fuel-mortgage-fraud-2851805",
        "published": "2026-08-23T19:00:00.000Z"
      }
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  },
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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."
}