Prosecutors charged Jacob Soall, Sharon Hazan, and Guy Sheetrit in an alleged scheme to impersonate executives with AI.

More than $129 million, about $129 million, and nearly $130 million, are not the same sum. July 2024 to February 2026, and more than a year and a half, are not the same span. Each of seven charges at 20 years, and a maximum of up to 20 years, are not the same sentence. SI, and AI, are not the same abbreviation in the McDonald quotation. Ages 41, 54, and 42 are not on the NBC News story.

NBC News, by Rebecca Cohen, published Nov. 6, 2026, at 11:38 a.m. EST, reported three foreign nationals have been charged in an alleged international fraud scheme that federal prosecutors say used AI technology to impersonate corporate executives and attorneys and steal more than $129 million. It reported that, according to an indictment filed in the Southern District of New York, Jacob Soall, who went by "Rocky Balboa" and "Seba Clarke," was arrested in Spain in June; Sharon Hazan, who used the nicknames "Superman Cash," "Impossible Mission," "Fat Boy" and "Ron," was arrested in Spain in August; and Guy Sheetrit was arrested in the United Kingdom in September. It reported all three are accused of a scheme that ran from July 2024 to February 2026, using artificial intelligence to impersonate the voices and images of corporate executives and attorneys at major law firms to trick employees of several companies into transferring large sums to bank accounts controlled by the group, according to a press release from the U.S. attorney's office. It reported the trio and their co-conspirators would tell these employees, typically in accounting departments, that they needed help with a confidential financial transaction and would use AI to mimic the company CEO's voice. It reported that, while pretending to be the CEO, they would tell employees to contact attorneys at large international law firms who they said were also working on the transactions, and that those "attorneys" were also part of the scheme. It reported one of the people involved would then instruct the employee to wire large amounts to bank accounts set up worldwide, and that once the money was wired the group would convert the cash into cryptocurrency "in an attempt to conceal the source, ownership, and control of the stolen proceeds and distribute it amongst themselves and their co-conspirators." It reported the office alleges the scheme stole more than $129 million from companies worldwide, including an investment bank in New York, a hospital system in Missouri, a bank in Rhode Island, a hospital system in California, a financial technology company in the U.K., a mutual fund company in Massachusetts and a pet food company in Florida. The Associated Press opening retrieved for the story dated Thursday says three people accused of using artificial intelligence to impersonate corporate executives and attorneys to steal about $129 million have been indicted on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. It says that over more than a year and a half, Jacob Soall, 41, Sharon Hazan, 54, and Guy Sheetrit, 42, targeted thousands of companies across the world, according to the indictment filed in a U.S. District Court in New York, and that their victims included hospital systems in Missouri and California, a bank in Rhode Island, and a financial technology company. The apnews.com page returned 403. That opening is the Associated Press text the search result returned for the URL. The story past the financial-technology company was not in that text. More than $129 million, on NBC News, and about $129 million, in that Associated Press opening, are not the same sum. July 2024 to February 2026, and more than a year and a half, are not the same span. Several companies, on NBC News, and thousands of companies, in the Associated Press opening, are not the same count. The Southern District of New York, on NBC News, and a U.S. District Court in New York, in the Associated Press opening, are not the same court name. Ages 41, 54, and 42 are in the Associated Press opening. They are not on the NBC News story. Three foreign nationals, and three people, are not the same words.

ABC News, by Aaron Katersky, on the Good Morning America page dated November 6, 2026, at 12:38 a.m., with no zone on that byline, reported three people face charges alleging they schemed to use artificial intelligence to defraud companies of nearly $130 million, and that federal prosecutors in Manhattan announced it Thursday. Its headline says nearly $130 million. Its body says the employee would be directed to wire money to an account controlled by members of the conspiracy, costing the companies more than $129 million. Nearly $130 million, and more than $129 million, are both on that ABC News page. 12:38 a.m., with no zone, and 11:38 a.m. EST, are not the same clock. It reported the scheme allegedly stole $4,829,580 from a hospital system headquartered in Missouri; $2,684,580 from a bank headquartered in Rhode Island; $2,968,497 from a hospital system headquartered in California; $11,578,474 from a financial technology company headquartered in the United Kingdom; $4,639,918 from a mutual fund company headquartered in Massachusetts; and $5,242,747 from a pet food company headquartered in Florida, among other victims, according to the indictment. NBC News names those same kinds of companies and an investment bank in New York, and it does not print those dollar amounts. ABC News's six amounts do not name an investment bank. Among other victims is not a name. It reported Soall, who called himself "Rocky Balboa," Hazan, and Sheetrit were arrested in Europe and are awaiting extradition. It reported Soall, 41, of Marbella, Spain, and the U.K., was arrested in Spain in June; Hazan, 54, of Israel, was arrested in Spain in August; and Sheetrit, 42, of Israel and the United Arab Emirates, was arrested in the U.K. in September. NBC News says Soall went by "Rocky Balboa" and "Seba Clarke," and it prints Hazan's four nicknames. ABC News, in the text read here, prints Rocky Balboa and does not print Seba Clarke, Superman Cash, Impossible Mission, Fat Boy, or Ron. From Spain and the U.K., on NBC News, and of Marbella, Spain, and the U.K., on ABC News, are not the same residence line. Marbella is ABC News. It is not on NBC News. Arrested in Europe, and awaiting extradition, are ABC News. NBC News does not print Europe or extradition. The United Kingdom, and the U.K., are not the same abbreviation. Voices and images, on NBC News, and the CEO's voice in the accounting sentence on NBC News, and voice or image, on ABC News, are not the same list. NBC News reported Soall, from Spain and the U.K., impersonated U.K. attorneys and used a script titled "Lawyer Call" to make himself seem like a real attorney. ABC News, in the text read here, does not print that script. NBC News reported Hazan, from Israel, laundered the money, and that prosecutors allege he "boasted that he had been laundering money since 1994; that he had laundered over $400 million in just the past three years; and that, among professional money launderers, he was 'number one all over the world.'" It reported Hazan was also convicted of conspiracy to commit bank fraud in the Southern District of New York in 2008. ABC News reported he was previously convicted in Manhattan federal court of conspiracy to commit bank fraud in 2008. The Southern District of New York, and Manhattan federal court, are not the same name for that 2008 case. A 2008 conviction is not a finding in this indictment. NBC News reported Sheetrit, from Israel and the United Arab Emirates, is also accused of laundering funds. From, and of, are not the same preposition. The cryptocurrency sentence is NBC News. The ABC News text read here does not print cryptocurrency.

The charge list is not one maximum. NBC News reported all three have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, two counts of aggravated identity theft, money laundering conspiracy and two counts of money laundering, and that each of the seven charges carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years. ABC News reported the charges carry a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in federal prison. It does not print the seven count names, and it does not say each charge carries 20 years. Each of the seven charges carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years, on NBC News, and the charges carry a maximum sentence of up to 20 years, on ABC News, are not the same sentence. The Associated Press opening says charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. It does not print the seven-count list or a maximum in the text retrieved. NBC News quoted U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald, from the release: "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," and, "I encourage individuals and the business community to consider how to best protect themselves from the emerging threat of SI-enabled crime." NBC News says he was using an abbreviation for super intelligence, the White House's preferred term for artificial intelligence. ABC News prints the first of those sentences as AI technology, and it does not print SI, super intelligence, or the second sentence in the text read here. SI, and AI, are not the same abbreviation. The justice.gov page for the U.S. attorney's office did not load past a verification wall, so the release lines in this file are what NBC News and ABC News attributed to the office and to the indictment. The charges those pages describe are not a conviction. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.