FinCEN Issues Alert on Fraud Schemes Involving Deepfake Media Targeting Financial Institutions

Publisher

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

URL

https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-alert-fraud-schemes-involving-deepfake-media-targeting-financial

Published

2024-11-13

Updated

unknown

Accessed

2026-09-30

HTTP status

200

License

US government work; public domain; public domain

Source notes citing this source

• On November 13, 2024 FinCEN issued an alert (FIN-2024-Alert004) on fraud schemes that use GenAI deepfake media against financial institutions, covering typologies, red flags and Bank Secrecy Act reporting. in context
• FinCEN's news release frames the main deepfake concern as fraudulent identity documents used to get around identity verification and authentication; the release says nothing about voice deepfakes or phone channels. in context

Cite this source record

APA

WarmTransfer. (2024, November 13). FinCEN Issues Alert on Fraud Schemes Involving Deepfake Media Targeting Financial Institutions. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/fincen-news-deepfake-alert-2024

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-fincen-news-deepfake-alert-2024,
  title  = {FinCEN Issues Alert on Fraud Schemes Involving Deepfake Media Targeting Financial Institutions},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2024},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/fincen-news-deepfake-alert-2024},
  note   = {Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, accessed 2026-09-30}
}