When the Boss on the Phone Isn’t Real: How More Than $129 Million Was Stolen Using A.I.

A federal indictment alleges that three men used generative A.I. to impersonate voices of chief executives and lawyers to defraud companies of millions of dollars.The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York in Lower Manhattan. Federal prosecutors charged three men in a scheme to use A.I. to impersonate company executives and steal more than $129 million.