U.S. telecom company Lingo Telecom fined $1 million for involvement in Biden deepfake scam

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Texas-based telecommunications company Lingo Telecom has been fined $1 million by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for its involvement in an illegal deepfake scam featuring President Biden.

The scam involved the use of AI-generated audio recordings of President Biden's voice, disseminated through robocalls, aimed at preventing people from voting in the New Hampshire primary.