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ICYMI: We worked with AP and PBS FRONTLINE to document how American AI models like ChatGPT and Gemini have been integrated into the commercial software platforms powering industrial-scale cam centers in Southeast Asia, repurposed to auto-generate replies, power romance-scam chatbots, translate in 100+ languages, and track trafficked workers’ “performance" — enabling a single person to run dozens of fake identities and target tens of thousands of victims per month.

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Four days to make victims fall in love: How global scammers use US tech to fleece people Technology from American companies is being used to power a revolution in the scam industry, playing a key role in the industrialization and globalization of fraud in ways that have not been clear until now, an AP/“FRONTLINE” investigation has found.

ICYMI: Kenya Insights reports that a convicted Zimbabwean fraudster has been named as a joint venture partner on Kenya's $2.9B JKIA airport mega-deal. Drawing on C4ADS documentation of China Communications Construction Company tax evasion in Kenya, this investigation raises serious questions about due diligence, procurement transparency, and political access as Kenya heads into a 2027 election cycle.

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How A Convicted Zimbabwean Fraudster Quietly Bought His Way Into Kenya’s Sh375 Billion JKIA Mega-Deal Nairobi — While Kenyans were still digesting the announcement that China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) had walked away with the Sh375.4 billion ($2.9 billion) tender to rebuild Jomo Kenya