Impossible Mission
was an alias used by one suspect in an international ring that federal prosecutors say utilized artificial intelligence voice-cloning to steal $129 million from companies across multiple continents.
Accounting staff at a Missouri hospital system sent $4,829,580 after receiving an email appearing to come directly from their chief executive.
The United States Department of Justice announced charges on November 5, 2026, against three men accused of orchestrating the complex fraud scheme between July 2024 and February 2026. According to Infobae and Martincid, the defendants are Jacob Soall, 41; Sharon Hazan, 54; and Guy Sheetrit, 42. The indictment was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
The operation typically began with an initial email sent through electronic signature services like DocuSign, asking for assistance with a confidential, urgent financial transaction.
Once accounting staff agreed to assist, the fake chief executive directed them to consult attorneys from prominent international law firms. Those purported lawyers were also part of the conspiracy.
Soall maintained a handwritten script titled Lawyer Call
to instruct victims under confidentiality and insider-trading rules not to discuss the transaction with colleagues.
A Massachusetts mutual fund firm lost $4,639,918, while a California hospital system lost $2,968,497 and a Rhode Island bank lost $2,684,580.
Stolen funds were channeled through bank accounts in the United States, Spain, Portugal, Greece, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Austria, Slovakia, and China. The conspirators then converted the money into cryptocurrency to obscure ownership before dividing the proceeds.
At a major New York investment bank, an employee authorized a payment of roughly $2.85 million, but the back-office staff halted the wire transfer before it left the institution.
Spanish National Police arrested Soall in Marbella on June 17, 2026. Hazan was taken into custody in Spain on August 5, and British National Crime Agency officers arrested Sheetrit in the United Kingdom on September 7.
The defendants face seven total counts, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering conspiracy.
Each wire fraud and money laundering count carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison, while aggravated identity theft tacks on a mandatory two-year consecutive term.
All three men remain detained in Europe while extradition proceedings to the United States move forward.
