Tech founder, Albert Sangier, has been charged with fraud for misleading investors about his AI-powered financial technology platform, Nate.
The indictment reveals that the AI-powered transactions in Nate were actually performed by human contractors in the Philippines and Romania, as well as by bots.
Sangier raised over $40 million from investors for the app, which claimed to offer a universal checkout app powered by AI.
The case follows previous reporting that highlighted Nate's reliance on human labor rather than AI, with manually handled transactions ranging from 60% to 100%.