{
 "id": "AIR-2025-0002",
 "slug": "bolivian-criminal-network-uses-minister-deepfake-in-employme",
 "title": "Bolivian Criminal Network Uses Minister Deepfake in Employment Scam",
 "summary": "A criminal network used an AI-generated deepfake of the education minister to impersonate him in a job scam, defrauding 19 victims. The scheme resulted in over $720,000 in financial losses before authorities arrested the suspects.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 4,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "Deepfake Audio Generator"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2025-02-10",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2025-02-10",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/937",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Bolivian Criminal Network Allegedly Used Deepfake of Education Minister to Defraud at Least 19 Victims in Employment Scam",
   "published_at": "2025-02-10"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.9,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "impersonation",
  "fraud",
  "bolivia"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}