Identifying Forged Identity Documents & Passports | Infocredit Group | Securing Ease of mind

Over the past few years, the presence of the internet, the infinite levels of information available, together with the anonymity it allows give rise to the growing universal problem of ID fraud, including identity theft. With such specialist knowledge freely accessible, it is no wonder why such crimes are becoming ever more frequent since the time needed to produce forged documents becomes reduced.

Nowadays, criminals and terrorists alike use the same software as that used by skilled professionals, enabling them to easily manipulate images, fonts and even alter aspects of the particular documents’ features resulting in high-quality counterfeit documents.

The significance of inspection and verification of one’s formal identification documents has never been more relevant and crucial. Organisations including financial/banking institutions, law and accounting/audit firms and other financial service companies are also directly affected by this issue on a daily basis as part of their KYC and due diligence requirements. For other government bodies or regulatory bodies it is a matter of identifying potential terrorists, determining their method of financing, and preventing acts of terrorism from occurring. The prompt detection of identity fraud is thus essential.

Luckily, this rapid advancement in criminal activity is met with equal progress in the security/ precautionary measures applied by regulators, enforcement bodies as well as companies in the private sector where a broad range of highly specialised automated solutions and trainings are available for detecting fraud and authenticating identification documents.

ID & passport authentication workshops such as those provided by Infocredit Group, which are conducted by experienced document specialists, offer participants the opportunity to obtain the necessary skills to effectively verify ID documents including high quality coloured scans and copies.

Article by Sophie Ioannou, Compliance Advisory Head at Infocredit Group

Sources:

- Keesing Technologies (Keesing Document Helpdesk)

- Interpol

- Vocativ

- The Sun