{
 "id": "AIR-2025-0134",
 "slug": "syndicate-used-ai-facial-composites-to-open-bank-accounts",
 "title": "Syndicate Used AI Facial Composites to Open Bank Accounts",
 "summary": "A Hong Kong syndicate utilized AI-generated facial images to pass online banking identity checks. The accounts were subsequently used for fraudulent loans and money laundering.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 4,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [],
 "incident_date": "2025-04-07",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2025-04-07",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1066",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Hong Kong Syndicate Allegedly Used AI-Generated Facial Composites to Open Bank Accounts",
   "published_at": "2025-04-07"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.95,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "fraud",
  "identity_theft",
  "banking"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}