Muhammad Yunus Deepfake Videos Falsely Endorse Betting Platforms
In June 2025, the Press Wing of Bangladesh's Chief Adviser warned the public about AI-generated videos falsely showing Professor Muhammad Yunus endorsing betting platforms. These deceptive videos were used by scammers to lure users into gambling schemes.
Generative AI was used to synthesize the likeness of Bangladesh's Chief Adviser to fabricate endorsements for fraudulent betting sites.
Key facts
- What
- In June 2025, the Press Wing of Bangladesh's Chief Adviser warned the public about AI-generated videos falsely showing Professor Muhammad Yunus endorsing betting platforms.
- Incident date
- Jun 16, 2025
- Who
- Scammers
- Failure mode
- Brand & Safety Incident
- AI surface
- Voice Agent
- Severity
- High
What happened
Scammers created and distributed AI-generated deepfake videos depicting Bangladesh's Chief Adviser, Professor Muhammad Yunus, appearing to endorse betting platforms. The Chief Adviser's Press Wing issued a public warning on June 16, 2025, to alert citizens of the fraud. These videos targeted Bangladeshi users via social media.
What broke inside the model
- 01 · TriggerA user prompts the model in public view.
- 02 · Model stepThe model produces unsafe or off-brand output.
- 03 · Control gapNo filter holds the line before publish.
- 04 · FailureThe output goes public unchecked.
- 05 · ConsequenceA reputational or safety incident lands.
A contained signal crosses into output that goes public.
The incident exploited generative AI's ability to synthesize realistic audio and video of public figures. This allowed the creation of fabricated endorsements that were then disseminated via social media platforms without effective detection.
What it cost
Sources
- PressSocial media users asked to avoid AI-generated deepfake ...bssnews.net
- PressDeepfake videos exploit Bangladeshi figures in Facebook ...thedailystar.net
Cite this entry
https://failureindex.ai/failures/muhammad-yunus-deepfake-videos-falsely-endorseAI Failure Index. "Muhammad Yunus Deepfake Videos Falsely Endorse Betting Platforms" (FI-0613). Realm Labs. https://failureindex.ai/failures/muhammad-yunus-deepfake-videos-falsely-endorse (indexed Jun 22, 2026).Data fields CC-BY 4.0, prose citation permitted. Incident ID FI-0613. Full dataset at /data.
Note from Realm Labs, the Index steward
How Realm would have caught this
- Prism
- OmniGuard
- AI Detection & Response (AIDR)
Realm watches the model's internal state for the signature of unsafe or off-brand generation and can block or reroute the output before it becomes public, in real time rather than after it has been screenshotted.