Edinburg, Texas Police Officer Arrested for Alleged Possession of CSAM, Including AI-Generated Deepfakes of Minors
Description
A Texas Department of Public Safety staff sergeant from Edinburg, Preston Wade Pietrzykowski, was reportedly arrested on a charge of possession or promotion of child pornography. Included among the alleged contents of a hard drive belonging to him was CSAM altered or generated by deepfake technology.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- preston-wade-pietrzykowski
Alleged Developers
- deepfake-technology-developers
Harmed Parties
- minors
- general-public
- general-public-of-texas
- texas-department-of-public-safety
Classification
Risk Domain
Malicious Actors & MisuseRisk Subdomain
4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
MIT Risk Profile
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