{
 "id": "AIR-2025-0158",
 "slug": "spanish-police-arrest-suspects-in-19m-ai-deepfake-scam",
 "title": "Spanish Police Arrest Suspects in €19M AI Deepfake Scam",
 "summary": "Spanish authorities arrested six individuals linked to a global investment scam powered by AI deepfakes and targeting algorithms. The operation defrauded 208 victims of approximately €19 million.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 4,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "AI Deepfake Ads"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2025-04-07",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2025-04-07",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1017",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam in Spain Defrauds 208 Victims of €19 million ($20.9 million)",
   "published_at": "2025-04-07"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.9,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "financial-fraud",
  "arrests"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}