Case of businessman using AI to generate false letters of complaint against Heaven nightclub part of a growing issue, say police
A businessman has pleaded guilty to making false statements in order to shut down a nightclub, which police believe were generated using AI.
A Metropolitan police source said the use of AI to generate letters by complainants who do not exist is a growing issue.
Aldo d’Aponte, 47, the CEO of Arbitrage Group Properties, pleaded guilty for writing two letters, supposedly by his neighbours, objecting to the reopening of Heaven nightclub, which temporarily closed after a rape allegation against one of its security guards.
D’Aponte was given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £26 victim surcharge.
