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A gang stole £14,244 to buy AI chatbot credits. His bank spotted the first charge and let the rest happen.
A businessman in Sussex watched £14,244 drain out of his Metro Bank account. The money went on credits for Claude, the AI chatbot he already paid to use. Two things failed at once. Criminals had turned a chatbot into a way to cash out…
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