# crime

Published articles for crime.

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## Operation "False Witness": Fake recovery service impersonating authorities

DevFeed: [Operation "False Witness": Fake recovery service impersonating authorities](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/operation-false-witness-fake-recovery-service-impersonating-authorities-41320.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-false-witness>)

Published: 2026-02-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>), [Messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/messaging.md>), [Website](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/website.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [case-study](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/case-study.md>), [crime](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/crime.md>), [financial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/financial.md>), [fraud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fraud.md>), [law](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/law.md>), [messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/messaging.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [reporting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reporting.md>), [safety](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/safety.md>), [scam](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scam.md>), [social-media](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/social-media.md>), [telegram](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/telegram.md>)

### AI overview

OpenAI banned a cluster of ChatGPT accounts that very likely originated in Cambodia and were used in a recovery scam targeting fraud victims. The operation used AI to create content for fake law firms, impersonate attorneys and authorities, build trust, and solicit money through fraudulent recovery services.

### Source excerpt

OpenAI banned accounts that very likely originated in Cambodia and used AI to pose as recovery services, law firms, and authorities targeting people affected by fraud.

## Holidays and Homicide

DevFeed: [Holidays and Homicide](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/holidays-and-homicide-40249.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.jeremykun.com/2011/11/25/holidays-and-homicide/>)

Published: 2011-11-25T16:33:21Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Jeremy Kun](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeremy-kun.md>)

Topics: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datasets.md>), [Statistics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/statistics.md>), [math](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/math.md>)

Tags: [crime](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/crime.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [data-visualization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-visualization.md>), [holidays](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/holidays.md>), [homicide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/homicide.md>), [math](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/math.md>), [mathematics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mathematics.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [statistics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/statistics.md>), [thanksgiving](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/thanksgiving.md>)

### AI overview

The article examines homicide counts by calendar day using a dataset of known San Francisco homicides from 1849 to 2003. It compares holidays and other dates with the median count, while cautioning that the dataset should not support broad conclusions about human behavior.

### Source excerpt

A Study In Data Just before midnight on Thanksgiving, there was a murder by gunshot about four blocks from my home. Luckily I was in bed by then, but all of the commotion over the incident got me thinking: is murder disproportionately more common on Thanksgiving? What about Christmas, Valentine's Day, or Saint Patrick's Day? Of course, with the right data set these are the kinds of questions one can answer!