Fraudsters Allegedly Use AI-Generated Voice of Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto to Scam Business Leaders
In February 2025, scammers allegedly used AI voice cloning to impersonate Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto, calling top business leaders and reportedly claiming to need funds to free kidnapped journalists. Massimo Moratti was allegedly the only confirmed victim to send nearly €1M, wiring it to accounts in the Netherlands and Hong Kong before realizing the fraud. The scam involved spoofed government numbers, deepfake audio, and international money laundering networks. Police reportedly froze the funds.
- Date it happened
- 2025-02-04
- Organisation involved
- Unknown scammers posing as Guido Crosetto, Scammers
- Product, system or model
- Deepfake technology, Synthetic audio generation technology
- unite.ai
- theguardian.com
- unimedia.info
- hotnews.ro
- europafm.ro
- playtech.ro
- dcnews.ro
- hoy.com.ni
- esdelatino.com
- larepublica.co
- elnortedecastilla.es
- eldiario.net
- lavozdegalicia.es
- esdelatino.com
- larazon.es
- libremercado.com
- bacciardipartners.it
- repubblica.it
- repubblica.it
- milano.repubblica.it
- repubblica.it
- milano.repubblica.it
- milano.repubblica.it
- milano.repubblica.it
- reuters.com
- milano.corriere.it
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