American Jailed 10 Years for Using ChatGPT to Plan Bank Robbery
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American Deron Lewis-Payne sought advice from an online chatbot and is serving a 10-year prison sentence for armed robbery.
ChatGPT and the US Bank Robbery: Phone Incriminates 23-Year-Old A 23-year-old used ChatGPT while planning a bank robbery in the United States. The heist was successful. But the man was identified by investigators. It was his smartphone that gave him away. On the phone, officers found the search history of searches performed using the artificial intelligence (chatgpt). But that's not all. Google Maps history also provided investigators with an im…
American Jailed Over 10 Years After Using ChatGPT to Help Plan Bank Robbery
A 23-year-old Omaha, Nebraska, man has been sentenced to 121 months (just over 10 years) in federal prison for an armed bank robbery he prepared for in part by querying ChatGPT.Deron Lewis-Payne was sentenced on August 13, 2026, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nebraska. He received 37 months for bank robbery and a consecutive 84 months for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. He will also face five years …
23-Year-Old Man Sentenced To 121 Months In US Prison After Using ChatGPT To Plan Armed Bank Robbery
A 23-year-old man from Omaha, Nebraska, Deron Lewis-Payne, has been sentenced to 121 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to robbing a bank at gunpoint and brandishing a firearm during the crime, with investigators saying he used ChatGPT while planning the robbery. Lewis-Payne was sentenced on August 13, 2026, by United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter Jr. in the District of Nebraska. United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods said…
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