GoKawiilOhio man sentenced to 15 years for AI deepfake sextortion scheme
An Ohio man received a 15-year federal prison sentence after being convicted of cyberstalking and extorting numerous women by creating AI-generated sexually explicit videos of them and threatening to distribute the content. Authorities said he used these fabricated videos as leverage to coerce victims, marking one of the more severe sentences handed down for AI-enabled sextortion crimes.