Deep fake audio file involving Shen Boyang's "using the US arms purchase case to collect kickbacks" Taoyuan male voice

A man surnamed Zheng in Taoyuan City was suspected of producing a deep fake audio and video file that closely imitated the voice of Shen Boyang, the Taipei mayoral candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party. He recorded a false video clip in which he confessed to "using the U.S. arms purchase case to receive kickbacks." The video was annotated with text that was suspected of being privately recorded by Shen Boyang. It was spread on the social media Threads. The Taoyuan District Prosecutor's Office quickly tracked down the person and arrested him. After the hearing, he requested a detention ban in the Taoyuan District Court.

The Peach Inspection Bureau learned the relevant information this morning. Prosecutor General Zhang Chunhui immediately assigned prosecutor Zeng Baihan to direct the New Taipei City Investigation Division of the Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Justice to investigate and find out the identity of the person who sent the document. At around 1 o'clock this afternoon, a 49-year-old Zheng man was arrested in Zhongli District and his mobile phone was seized.

Prosecutors said that Zheng Nan was suspected of producing deep fake audio and video files, recording false video clips with extremely simulated candidate voices, and adding false text to the videos, such as false sources, which caused the deep fake audio and video files to be spread on social media Threads. Zheng Nan had been involved in the crime of "spreading falsehoods by means of deep fake voices with the intention of causing candidates to be unelected" under the Public Servants Election and Recall Act. The criminal suspicion was serious, and there was reason and necessity for detention. He had applied to the court for a detention ban.