{
 "id": "AIR-2020-0001",
 "slug": "ai-cloned-voice-used-to-deceive-bank-manager-in-fraud-scheme",
 "title": "AI-Cloned Voice Used to Deceive Bank Manager in Fraud Scheme",
 "summary": "Scammers used AI voice cloning to impersonate a company director and trick a bank manager into authorizing millions in fraudulent transfers. The multi-jurisdictional fraud triggered international investigations.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud",
  "ai_phishing_social_engineering"
 ],
 "severity": 4,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "AI Voice Cloning Tool"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2020-01-15",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2020-01-15",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/147",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Reported AI-Cloned Voice Used to Deceive Hong Kong Bank Manager in Purported $35 Million Fraud Scheme",
   "published_at": "2020-01-15"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.98,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "voice-cloning",
  "deepfake",
  "fraud",
  "social-engineering"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}