Taipei VGH Superintendent Expresses Heartbreak Over Fraud Groups Using AI to Impersonate Him for Selling Counterfeit Drugs, Endangering Lives
Taipei Veterans General Hospital Superintendent Chen Wei-Ming is furious about fraud groups using AI voice impersonation technology to sell fake medicines. Over 100 cases of fraud impersonating Superintendent Chen have occurred, with patients even purchasing fake medicines. While appreciative of police and government agency cooperation, the sophisticated methods of fraud, often using overseas IPs, lead him to call for public cooperation to eradicate these scams.
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Central News Agency (Reporter Shen Pei-yao, Taipei, 24th) Orthopedic specialist and Superintendent of Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Chen Wei-Ming, has repeatedly been impersonated by fraud groups selling medicines, with some patients even bringing fake medicines to his clinic. Superintendent Chen today expressed his heartbreak, stating that fraud groups are using AI voice impersonation technology to "seek wealth and endanger lives," urging defrauded citizens to come forward and file charges together.
Taipei Veterans General Hospital issued a statement this afternoon reminding the public that no doctor at Taipei VGH promotes or sells any products, and urged the public to heighten their vigilance. "If you see related advertisements, please be sure to heighten your vigilance. We earnestly ask everyone: do not buy, do not click, immediately report to the platform or call the 165 anti-fraud hotline," and also immediately notify the Investigation Bureau's Taipei City Investigation Office at 02-27328888.
"I sell all kinds of medicines now!" Chen Wei-Ming repeatedly self-deprecatingly said during a phone interview with media, believing that no one in the domestic medical community has been impersonated in as many fraud advertisements as he has, "already exceeding 100 cases."
The fuse that ignited Chen Wei-Ming's anger was that during his clinic hours on April 23 alone, multiple patients asked, "I saw your message selling medicines online, I want to buy them," and one person had already been defrauded into buying joint cream, bringing the product, complete with invoice, to the hospital.
Although he thanked the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Digital Affairs, National Police Agency, and Investigation Bureau for their active assistance during this period, enabling most fraudulent advertisements to be promptly taken down, what vexed Chen Wei-Ming most was that fraud groups continue to change their methods, like "whac-a-mole," with new ones popping up after one is hit, making prevention extremely difficult, and many IPs are located overseas.
Seeing patients suffer made Chen Wei-Ming exclaim, "heartbreaking." He said that general fraud is mostly "seeking wealth," but medical product and medicine fraud is even more so "seeking wealth and endangering lives," even making him reluctant to accept media interviews, fearing that his images and voiceprints would again be used by fraud groups.
Chen Wei-Ming stated that he has been angry for several days, and yesterday his blood pressure soared and he couldn't sleep due to anger, because he has seen hundreds of thousands of patients in his clinic and performed over 30,000 surgeries, and countless people have had their feet touched by him. Many patients trust him implicitly, and just seeing the three characters "Chen Wei-Ming" would make them buy. Anti-fraud efforts cannot rely solely on the government; it requires public unity and mutual help to eradicate fraud. "This is everyone's responsibility." (Edited by Huang Ming-hsi) 1150424
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Taipei Veterans General Hospital issued a statement this afternoon reminding the public that no doctor at Taipei VGH promotes or sells any products, and urged the public to heighten their vigilance. "If you see related advertisements, please be sure to heighten your vigilance. We earnestly ask everyone: do not buy, do not click, immediately report to the platform or call the 165 anti-fraud hotline," and also immediately notify the Investigation Bureau's Taipei City Investigation Office at 02-27328888.
"I sell all kinds of medicines now!" Chen Wei-Ming repeatedly self-deprecatingly said during a phone interview with media, believing that no one in the domestic medical community has been impersonated in as many fraud advertisements as he has, "already exceeding 100 cases."
The fuse that ignited Chen Wei-Ming's anger was that during his clinic hours on April 23 alone, multiple patients asked, "I saw your message selling medicines online, I want to buy them," and one person had already been defrauded into buying joint cream, bringing the product, complete with invoice, to the hospital.
Although he thanked the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Digital Affairs, National Police Agency, and Investigation Bureau for their active assistance during this period, enabling most fraudulent advertisements to be promptly taken down, what vexed Chen Wei-Ming most was that fraud groups continue to change their methods, like "whac-a-mole," with new ones popping up after one is hit, making prevention extremely difficult, and many IPs are located overseas.
Seeing patients suffer made Chen Wei-Ming exclaim, "heartbreaking." He said that general fraud is mostly "seeking wealth," but medical product and medicine fraud is even more so "seeking wealth and endangering lives," even making him reluctant to accept media interviews, fearing that his images and voiceprints would again be used by fraud groups.
Chen Wei-Ming stated that he has been angry for several days, and yesterday his blood pressure soared and he couldn't sleep due to anger, because he has seen hundreds of thousands of patients in his clinic and performed over 30,000 surgeries, and countless people have had their feet touched by him. Many patients trust him implicitly, and just seeing the three characters "Chen Wei-Ming" would make them buy. Anti-fraud efforts cannot rely solely on the government; it requires public unity and mutual help to eradicate fraud. "This is everyone's responsibility." (Edited by Huang Ming-hsi) 1150424
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