Jacob Soall

Introduction

Jacob Soall, a 41-year-old from Marbella, Spain, and the United Kingdom, is one of three foreign nationals charged in the Southern District of New York with running a fraud scheme that used artificial intelligence to impersonate corporate executives and attorneys and stole more than $129 million from companies around the world. Soall — who court documents say went by the aliases “Seba Clarke” and “Rocky Balboa” — was arrested in Spain on June 17, 2026, and is awaiting extradition alongside co-defendants Sharon Hazan, 54, of Israel, and Guy Sheetrit, 42, of Israel and the United Arab Emirates, on charges of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering.

Background Information

The indictment, unsealed by U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald and FBI Assistant Director in Charge James C. Barnacle Jr. on November 5, 2026, alleges that between 2024 and 2026 Soall, Hazan, Sheetrit and their co-conspirators targeted thousands of companies across the world. Hazan — aliases “Superman Cash,” “Impossible Mission,” “Fat Boy” and “Ron,” per the press release — was arrested in Spain on August 5, 2026, and was previously convicted in the same district of conspiracy to commit bank fraud in 2008; Sheetrit was arrested in the United Kingdom on September 7, 2026. Extradition requests for all three are pending.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Charged, not convicted. Everything here comes from an unsealed federal indictment and the Justice Department’s announcement of it — allegations, not findings. The DOJ’s own release instructs that “every fact described therein should be treated as an allegation,” the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty, all three are in custody overseas awaiting extradition, and no trial date or conviction exists as of November 7, 2026. What is documented is the charge itself: a three-man alleged conspiracy that prosecutors say weaponized AI voice and image cloning against companies’ own employees.

According to the indictment, the scheme typically opened with emails to employees — usually in accounting departments — purporting to come from their own chief executive and asking for help with a confidential financial transaction. The employee would then be drawn onto a phone or video call where the conspirators used AI to mimic the CEO’s voice and sometimes image, then told to contact attorneys at a major international law firm who were said to be handling the transaction — attorneys the group was also impersonating. The fake attorney would direct the employee to wire a large payment to a bank account that was in fact controlled by the conspiracy; the stolen funds were wired to accounts across the United States, Spain, Portugal, Greece, the UAE, Singapore, Austria, Slovakia and China, then converted into cryptocurrency to conceal their source and distributed among the participants.

Soall’s assigned role, per the press release, was impersonating attorneys from the United Kingdom — a part he played using a handwritten script titled “Lawyer Call” that he kept to make himself “seem like a real attorney when speaking with and defrauding victims,” including language designed to convince victim employees not to discuss their communications with fellow employees. Hazan allegedly laundered the proceeds and bragged about it: he claimed he had been laundering money since 1994, that he had laundered over $400 million in just the past three years, and that among professional money launderers he was “number one all over the world”; Sheetrit is also accused of laundering funds from the scheme.

The alleged victims named in the indictment read like a cross-section of the real economy: $4,829,580 from a hospital system headquartered in Missouri, $2,684,580 from a Rhode Island bank, $2,968,497 from a California hospital system, $11,578,474 from a UK financial technology company, $4,639,918 from a Massachusetts mutual fund company and $5,242,747 from a Florida pet food company — part of more than $129 million stolen worldwide.

Public Reaction and Consequences

The case was announced as a warning shot about AI-enabled crime. McDonald said “SI technology offers tremendous potential. But the public should recognize that there are some who seek to use this emerging technology to pursue criminal goals,” and Barnacle said the case “demonstrates how the use of advanced technology can be exploited to commit large scale fraud,” adding that the FBI “remains committed to rapidly adapting our capabilities” as criminals weaponize emerging technologies. The Associated Press reported that lawyers for Soall and Sheetrit did not immediately respond to a request for comment, that it was not clear whether Hazan had an attorney, and that the case docket remained sealed in online court records as of Thursday evening — so no public defense response exists yet.

Current Status

As of November 7, 2026, the three remain charged, not convicted: the indictment is unsealed, extradition requests from Spain and the United Kingdom are pending, and no trial date has been set. Each wire fraud and money laundering charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years, while aggravated identity theft carries two years, per the U.S. Attorney’s Office — presumptive maxima only, as any sentencing will be determined by a judge. What would change the picture: extradition to the United States, a plea, a trial verdict, or any court filing naming defense counsel — none of which has occurred.

Impact on Their Career/Life

All three men sit in custody on two continents awaiting removal to a district whose Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit is prosecuting them, with the DOJ crediting Spain’s Policía Nacional and the UK’s National Crime Agency for the arrests. Whatever the outcome, the case already stands as the FBI’s showcase prosecution of AI-enabled fraud: a scheme whose alleged centerpiece is a fraudster’s handwritten “Lawyer Call” script — an artifact prosecutors cited to show how pre-AI con artistry and AI voice cloning were combined — and a $129 million total that prosecutors framed as the emerging template for “SI-enabled crime” against companies everywhere.

Sources

US Attorney’s Office SDNY, “Three Foreign Nationals Arrested And Charged With Scheme To Use Super Intelligence To Defraud Companies Of $129 Million,” Nov 5, 2026 — source
NY Post (AP), “3 charged in AI scheme used to impersonate CEOs, attorneys to steal $129 million,” Nov 6, 2026 — source
NBC News, “3 foreign nationals allegedly used AI to mimic CEOs in $129M scheme, DOJ says,” Nov 6, 2026 — source