Trio indicted for $129 million AI-powered CEO impersonation fraud scheme
nordicinst · x · 2026-11-07
Three men — Jacob Soall, 41, Sharon Hazan, 54, and Guy Sheetrit, 42, nicknamed "Rocky Balboa," "Superman Cash" and "Fat Boy" — were indicted in a US District Court in New York for an AI-powered fraud scheme that allegedly stole around $129 million from thousands of companies worldwide.
- Charges include wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering; the scheme ran over 18 months
- Primary targets were corporate accounting departments, hit with emails posing as CEOs requesting confidential financial transactions
- Follow-up phone or video calls used AI to mimic executives' voices and, in some cases, their appearances
- Victims spanned businesses across several countries, per AP
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