Deepfake of FTX's Former CEO Posted on Twitter Aiming to Scam FTX Collapse Victims
November 22, 2022
A visual and audio deepfake of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was posted on Twitter to scam victims of the exchange's collapse by urging people to transfer funds into an anonymous cryptocurrency wallet.
- Alleged deployer
- unknown
- Alleged developer
- unknown
- Alleged harmed parties
- victims-of-ftx's-collapse, twitter-users
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