{
  "id": 1853,
  "url": "https://theheraldghana.com/11-arrested-over-alleged-ai-deepfake-scam-impersonating-president-mahama",
  "title": "11 arrested over alleged AI deepfake scam impersonating President Mahama",
  "summary": "The Inspector-General of Police's Cyber Vetting and Enforcement Team (CVET) of the Ghana Police Service has arrested 11 individuals, including Nigerian nationals, over allegations of using AI-generated deepfake videos to impersonate John Dr ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1579#7502)",
  "authors": null,
  "category": "incident",
  "topics": "misinformation,military-security",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "africa",
  "published_at": "2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:04:12.223Z",
  "source_slug": "aiid",
  "source_name": "AI Incident Database",
  "source_homepage": "https://incidentdatabase.ai",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/1853",
  "original_url": "https://theheraldghana.com/11-arrested-over-alleged-ai-deepfake-scam-impersonating-president-mahama",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}