Mexico busts extortion network that used AI to clone VIP voices
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October 9, 2026
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexican authorities have arrested a senior former provincial official on charges of extorting judges, governors and employees of the presidency by using AI to clone their voices.
The security ministry said Thursday that the former treasurer of the state of Michoacan, his wife, children, and a bodyguard, were all arrested on suspicion of running a scheme that extorted “substantial amounts of money.”
The ministry did not name the defendants but Mexican media identified the ex-treasurer as Luis Miranda Contreras and said he had previously been convicted of embezzlement.
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