Federal prosecutors allege the three men used superintelligence (SI) to impersonate executives and attorneys and divert company payments. The indictment was unsealed on 5 November, after their arrests in Spain and the UK.
The US Justice Department alleges that Jacob Soall, Sharon Hazan and Guy Sheetrit stole approximately $129 million between 2024 and 2026 by impersonating corporate executives and attorneys. The indictment was unsealed on 5 November 2026 in federal court in the Southern District of New York after the men had been arrested abroad.
Each man faces seven charges, including wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering. The charges are allegations, not findings of guilt.
Prosecutors allege that the group targeted employees who could authorize large transfers. The employees received emails that appeared to come from their chief executives and sought help with confidential transactions, often acquisitions. On calls, the group allegedly used SI to mimic executives' voices and sometimes their images.
The employees were then directed to someone impersonating an attorney at a major law firm, prosecutors say. The supposed attorney instructed them to wire money to accounts controlled by members of the alleged conspiracy.
Prosecutors say Soall impersonated attorneys using a handwritten script, while Hazan and Sheetrit laundered the money. Court documents allege that funds were converted into cryptocurrency to conceal their origin and then distributed to the defendants and other participants.
Prosecutors allege that the victims included a UK financial technology company that lost more than $11.5 million in March 2025. Other alleged victims included hospital systems, a bank, a mutual fund company and a pet food company.
Soall was arrested in Spain in June 2026, Hazan in Spain in August and Sheetrit in the UK in September. Extradition requests for the three men are pending,
Lawyers for Soall and Sheetrit did not immediately respond to emailed requests for comment, The Associated Press said; it was unclear whether Hazan had an attorney. If convicted, the men face maximum sentences of 20 years for each charge except aggravated identity theft, which carries two years, the US attorney’s office said.
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