{
 "id": "AIR-2025-0189",
 "slug": "deepfake-of-maltese-prime-minister-promotes-fraudulent-crypt",
 "title": "Deepfake of Maltese Prime Minister Promotes Fraudulent Crypto Scheme",
 "summary": "A suspect in Malta used an AI-generated deepfake video of Prime Minister Robert Abela to advertise a cryptocurrency scam. Victims transferred tens of thousands of euros before police arrested the alleged perpetrator.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 4,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [],
 "incident_date": "2025-07-28",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2025-07-28",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1289",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Malta's Prime Minister Robert Abela Reportedly Deepfaked by a Ukrainian National in Cryptocurrency Fraud Targeting Local Residents",
   "published_at": "2025-07-28"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.95,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "crypto-scam",
  "fraud",
  "malta"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}