AI voice scam drains Italian bank of €95M, with €36M converted to Bitcoin
- —Scammers used an AI-cloned voice to push Molesini into authorizing 11 transfers worth €95 million
- —A Chinese bank returned €40 million and a Portuguese bank froze €13 million
- —A Milan court ruling puts losses at €39.5 million, with over €36 million converted to Bitcoin
- —A 48-year-old Israeli national is a suspect, linked to roughly €4 million in crypto
Why it matters: The case shows how AI voice cloning can turn bank transfers into irreversible Bitcoin transactions, raising pressure on banks and the crypto industry.
Source: 動區 BlockTempo