Police officer arrested for fabricating, distributing sexually exploitative images

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SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- A police officer has been arrested on charges of possessing, fabricating and distributing sexually exploitative images, including those of people he knows, officials said Sunday.

The officer of Seoul's Dongdaemun Police Station, whose identity was withheld, was formally arrested last month following months of investigation to track down a distributor of such images in a Telegram chat room.

In August, police seized his mobile phone and a forensic analysis turned up about 2,600 deepfake images, some 1,600 images sexually exploiting children and about 1,300 illegally filmed images.

Using artificial intelligence, the officer even fabricated about 400 nude images of people he knew between March 2022 and July this year and distributed dozens of them in the Telegram chat room.

The officer was found to have previously been investigated for a similar offense and received a suspended indictment before joining the police.

"As soon as we were told of the case, we put him on standby and he's now been relieved of duty," an official of the Dongdaemun Police Station said. "We can't confirm suspicions and other circumstances in detail."

Police officer arrested for fabricating, distributing sexually exploitative images

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首尔，10月4日（韩联社）——官员周日表示，一名警察因持有、伪造和传播性剥削图像（包括他认识的人的图像）而被捕。

首尔东大门警察局一名警官（身份未公开）上个月被正式逮捕，此前警方经过数月调查，追踪到一名在 Telegram 聊天室传播此类图片的人员。

8 月，警方查获了他的手机，法医分析发现其中有约 2600 张深度伪造图像、约 1600 张性剥削儿童的图像和约 1300 张非法拍摄的图像。

该警官利用人工智能技术，在 2022 年 3 月至今年 7 月期间，伪造了约 400 张他认识的人的裸照，并在 Telegram 聊天室中散布了其中数十张。

经查明，该警官在加入警队之前曾因类似罪行接受调查，并被处以缓刑。

“我们一接到报案就让他待命，现在他已被停职，”东大门警察局一名官员表示。“我们无法详细证实嫌疑和其他情况。”

一名警官因伪造和传播性剥削图片被捕