Two Men Arrested for Creating AI Deepfake Porn - Futurism

Two men were arrested on May 25, 2026, and charged with creating and posting deepfake pornography. The charges were brought under a bipartisan law.

What happened

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn charged Cornelius Shannon of New Jersey and Arturo Hernandez of Texas with creating deepfake porn. The men allegedly created and posted thousands of images and videos depicting actresses, singers, political figures, and non-celebrity women in sexual situations. The two operated separate rings spreading deepfake porn. The DoJ identified roughly 473 albums containing 140 different victims, all women. The content published by Hernandez was viewed nearly a million times.