Russian prisoner suspected of scamming Deaf people with AI-made fake police IDs from inside a penal colony

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A repeatedly convicted man serving a sentence in a Russian penal colony is suspected of defrauding Deaf people, posing as a police officer or businessman and showing AI-generated ID images. Members of the Deaf community told reporters at least ten Deaf people may have been targeted, and believe he used his knowledge of sign language to gain their trust.

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