Employees at hospitals AI media incident — Nov 2026
Three individuals were charged with orchestrating a $129 million fraud scheme using AI deepfakes to impersonate corporate executives and attorneys to deceive.
- Reported date
- Nov 7, 2026
- Target
- Employees at hospitals, a bank and other firms
The exact incident date was not established. This entry is dated by its source report.
Three individuals have been charged in a federal indictment for using artificial intelligence to impersonate corporate executives and attorneys, successfully defrauding various companies of $129 million between 2024 and early 2026. The defendants, Jacob Soall, Sharon Hazan, and Guy Sheetrit, allegedly targeted employees at hospitals, banks, and other firms to facilitate unauthorized wire transfers.
What happened
The group utilized AI to mimic the voices and images of CEOs during calls with employees, framing their requests as confidential business deals. Once the employee was engaged, they were referred to other members of the group posing as attorneys from large international law firms. These fake attorneys provided the bank account details necessary to complete the wire transfers.
Prosecutors revealed that the scheme involved a sophisticated multi-step process. Soall, who often played the role of a British attorney, maintained a handwritten script titled "Lawyer Call" designed to prevent employees from verifying the transaction with their colleagues. The stolen funds were routed through accounts in nine different countries, including the United States, Spain, and China, before being converted into cryptocurrency and divided among the participants.
Specific losses identified by investigators include $11.6 million from a British fintech company, $5.2 million from a Florida pet food manufacturer, $4.8 million from a Missouri hospital system, $4.6 million from a Massachusetts mutual fund company, nearly $3 million from a California hospital system, and $2.7 million from a Rhode Island bank.
Law enforcement actions against the group have spanned multiple jurisdictions. Spanish police arrested Soall in June and Hazan in August, while Britain’s National Crime Agency detained Sheetrit in September. The United States is currently seeking the extradition of all three individuals to face charges including wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering. Hazan, who had a prior 2008 conviction for bank fraud conspiracy, allegedly boasted of laundering over $400 million in the past three years.