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Fraudster put on American accent and used AI to stage bogus £154 million takeover of oil and gas company | News.gg

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Published Yesterday · Manchester Evening News · Updated 8 hours ago

Fraudster who used AI to fake £154 million oil company takeover bid spared jail

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Christopher Woolcott used ChatGPT to draft deceptive documents and downloaded company logos from Google to forge paperwork from a bank

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Fraudster put on American accent and used AI to stage bogus £154 million takeover of oil and gas company

Christopher Woolcott used ChatGPT to draft deceptive documents and downloaded company logos from Google to forge paperwork from a bank

By newsdesk@men-news.co.uk (Ryan Price) · Nov 10, 2026, 5:43 PM UTC

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Fraudster put on American accent and used AI to stage bogus £154 million takeover of oil and gas company
Christopher Woolcott used ChatGPT to draft deceptive documents and downloaded company logos from Google to forge paperwork from a bank
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Total News Sources: 3
Leaning Left: 1
Leaning Right: 1
Center: 1
Last Updated: 8 hours ago
Bias Distribution: 34% Left

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• 34% of the sources are Left

L 34%

C 33%

R 33%

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