Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged three people with using artificial intelligence to impersonate corporate executives and big-firm lawyers in a scheme that stole more than $129 million from companies, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
Jacob Soall, Sharon Hazan and Guy Sheetrit — foreign nationals arrested in Europe and awaiting extradition — allegedly used AI between July 2024 and February 2026 to mimic executives' voices and images on calls, then impersonated lawyers to push employees to wire large sums to accounts the conspirators controlled.
Named victims in the indictment include a Missouri hospital system (~$4.8 million), a Rhode Island bank (~$2.7 million), a California hospital system (~$3.0 million), a U.K. fintech (~$11.6 million), a Massachusetts mutual-fund firm (~$4.6 million) and a Florida pet-food company (~$5.2 million), among others. U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald warned that some actors are turning AI toward criminal goals. The charges carry up to 20 years in federal prison.
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