三名外国公民被控用「超级智能」冒充高管与律师 骗走全球企业逾1.29亿美元
美国司法部纽约南区联邦检察官办公室11月5日宣布解封一份起诉书，指控 Jacob Soall、Sharon Hazan 与 Guy Sheetrit 三名外国公民参与一起利用「超级智能」（Super Intelligence，SI）技术诈骗全球企业的计划。据起诉书，三人在2024年至2026年间使用 SI 冒充多家企业的最高层管理人员与大型律师事务所的律师，诱使员工把大额款项电汇至团伙控制的账户，涉案金额超过1.29亿美元。Soall 已于6月17日在西班牙被捕，Hazan 于8月5日在西班牙被捕，Sheetrit 于9月7日在英国被捕，三人的引渡程序均在进行中。
联邦检察官 Jamie McDonald 表示：「SI 技术潜力巨大，但公众应当认识到，有人正试图利用这项新兴技术达到犯罪目的。据指控，Jacob Soall、Sharon Hazan 与 Guy Sheetrit 滥用突破性的超级智能技术冒充真实人物，欺骗企业管理人员向他们及其同伙汇出约1.29亿美元。」他呼吁个人与商界考虑如何防范 SI 助长的新型犯罪。联邦调查局（FBI）纽约外勤办公室助理主任 James C. Barnacle, Jr. 表示，这起被指控的计划显示先进技术如何被利用实施大规模诈骗，FBI 将继续快速提升能力，识别、调查并瓦解危害纽约居民与企业的犯罪。
据起诉书描述，该团伙通常先冒充受害企业的首席执行官接触其员工，声称需要员工协助一笔保密金融交易，并在通话中用 SI 模拟该首席执行官的声音与影像；随后又冒充其所称参与这笔交易的大型国际律师事务所律师，进一步取信员工，最终由冒充律师的团伙成员指示员工把大笔款项汇入团伙控制的银行账户。钱款到手后，团伙把资金转入分布在美国、西班牙、葡萄牙、希腊、阿拉伯联合酋长国、新加坡、奥地利、斯洛伐克与中国等地的账户，并兑换成加密货币以掩盖来源与归属。起诉书指，Soall 主要负责冒充英国律师行骗，他留有一份题为「Lawyer Call」的手写脚本，用以在通话中扮得像真正的律师；Hazan 与 Sheetrit 则参与洗钱，其中 Hazan 据指曾吹嘘自己仅在过去三年就洗钱逾4亿美元。
起诉书列出的受害方分项包括：密苏里州一家医院系统被骗4,829,580美元，罗得岛州一家银行被骗2,684,580美元，加利福尼亚州一家医院系统被骗2,968,497美元，英国一家金融科技公司被骗11,578,474美元，马萨诸塞州一家共同基金公司被骗4,639,918美元，佛罗里达州一家宠物食品公司被骗5,242,747美元。
Soall 现年41岁，居住在西班牙 Marbella 与英国；Hazan 现年54岁，为以色列人；Sheetrit 现年42岁，居住在以色列与阿拉伯联合酋长国。三人各面临七项罪名：电信诈骗共谋、电信诈骗、两项加重身份盗窃、洗钱共谋与两项洗钱，其中电信诈骗与洗钱罪名最高各可判20年监禁，加重身份盗窃每项最高2年。检方指出，Hazan 曾于2008年在纽约南区因银行诈骗共谋被定罪。此案由检察官办公室复杂诈骗与网络犯罪组承办，助理联邦检察官 Kevin Mead、Brandon C. Thompson 与 Jackie Delligatti 负责公诉，西班牙国家警察与英国国家犯罪局协助实施了逮捕。检方提醒，起诉书中的指控仅为指控，三名被告在法庭证明有罪之前均推定无罪。
Three Foreign Nationals Charged With Using 'Super Intelligence' to Impersonate Executives and Lawyers, Defrauding Companies of Over $129 Million
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on November 5 the unsealing of an indictment charging Jacob Soall, Sharon Hazan and Guy Sheetrit, three foreign nationals, with participating in a scheme to use super intelligence (SI) technology to defraud companies around the world. According to the indictment, between 2024 and 2026 the three used SI to impersonate senior executives of numerous companies and attorneys at major law firms, tricking employees into wiring large payments to bank accounts controlled by members of the conspiracy, ultimately stealing more than $129 million. Soall was arrested in Spain on June 17, Hazan in Spain on August 5, and Sheetrit in the United Kingdom on September 7; extradition requests for all three are pending.
U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald said: 'SI technology offers tremendous potential. But the public should recognize that there are some who seek to use this emerging technology to pursue criminal goals. As alleged, Jacob Soall, Sharon Hazan, and Guy Sheetrit abused groundbreaking super intelligence technology to impersonate real people and deceive corporate executives into sending them and their co-conspirators approximately $129 million.' He urged individuals and the business community to consider how to protect themselves from the emerging threat of SI-enabled crime. FBI Assistant Director in Charge James C. Barnacle, Jr. said the alleged scheme demonstrates how advanced technology can be exploited to commit large-scale fraud, and that the FBI remains committed to identifying, investigating and disrupting those who seek to harm New Yorkers and businesses.
According to the indictment, the conspiracy typically began by impersonating a victim company's chief executive officer, telling an employee their help was needed on a confidential financial transaction and using SI to mimic the CEO's voice and image on calls. Members of the conspiracy then also impersonated lawyers at large international law firms said to be working on the sham transaction, and ultimately directed the employee to wire a large sum to an account the conspiracy controlled. The proceeds were directed to accounts around the world, including in the United States, Spain, Portugal, Greece, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Austria, Slovakia and China, and converted into cryptocurrency in an attempt to conceal their source and ownership. Soall primarily impersonated attorneys from the United Kingdom and kept a handwritten script titled 'Lawyer Call' to make himself seem like a real attorney; Hazan and Sheetrit laundered funds from the scheme, and Hazan allegedly boasted that he had laundered over $400 million in just the past three years.
The victims itemized in the indictment include a hospital system headquartered in Missouri, defrauded of $4,829,580; a bank headquartered in Rhode Island, $2,684,580; a hospital system headquartered in California, $2,968,497; a financial technology company headquartered in the United Kingdom, $11,578,474; a mutual fund company headquartered in Massachusetts, $4,639,918; and a pet food company headquartered in Florida, $5,242,747.
Soall, 41, of Marbella, Spain, and the United Kingdom; Hazan, 54, of Israel; and Sheetrit, 42, of Israel and the United Arab Emirates each face seven counts: conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, two counts of aggravated identity theft, money laundering conspiracy and two counts of money laundering. The wire fraud and money laundering charges each carry a maximum of 20 years in prison, and each aggravated identity theft count carries two years. Prosecutors noted that Hazan was previously convicted in the Southern District of New York of conspiracy to commit bank fraud in 2008. The case is being handled by the Office's Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit, with Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kevin Mead, Brandon C. Thompson and Jackie Delligatti in charge of the prosecution; Spain's Policía Nacional and the United Kingdom's National Crime Agency assisted with the arrests. The charges in the indictment are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
来源：美国司法部纽约南区联邦检察官办公室
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