FBI Arrests Arturo Hernandez Over 113 Deepfake Albums Viewed Nearly 1 Million Times
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Updated · Ars Technica · May 26
FBI Arrests Arturo Hernandez Over 113 Deepfake Albums Viewed Nearly 1 Million Times
2 articles · Updated · Ars Technica · May 26
20-year-old Arturo Hernandez was arrested under the Take It Down Act after the FBI said he posted 113 albums of nonconsensual AI sexualized images and videos depicting about 50 women.
Nearly 1 million views on the uploads helped underscore the scale of the case, which included political figures, actresses, musicians, women from his Texas high school and an Instagram friend.
Geo-location data, a second account tied to his PayPal, and an IP address matching Apple iCloud login records linked the posts back to Hernandez, according to the FBI affidavit.
Investigators also found he followed one victim on Instagram and had saved the exact source image later used to create AI porn viewed more than 36,000 times.
The case is among the earliest arrests under the Take It Down Act, suggesting investigators can identify deepfake posters through routine platform searches and digital account trails.
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