Spotting the Fakes - How to Detect False Documents

Introduction

A growing number of businesses, particularly those which fall within the money laundering regulated sector, are required to conduct due diligence to verify the identity of clients and to compile a profile of their background and financial history.

However, most of the people responsible for these checks have little or no experience or training in identifying false documents and are ill-equipped to deal with experienced and determined criminals using sophisticated forgeries to commit fraud.

This webinar addresses the obligations under Section 41 and 42 of the ECCTA 2023, which requires companies and relevant entitles to verify the identity of beneficial owners and maintain accurate records. It will also cover some of the common techniques used by fraudsters to avoid detection.

Consideration will be given to how both forged and genuine documents may be used to disguise identity and facilitate crime and the steps that can be taken to identify false documents and avoid the pitfalls of current fraud methodologies.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• The scale of identity fraud
• The nature of ‘identity’, when and how to check identity
• Government identity guidance and the 5 steps in identity checking
• Levels of confidence in identity checking
• Other documents used in due diligence
• Document validation and use of technology
• Common methods of forgeries
• FOG documents
• Organisational protocols and best practice
• Case studies

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Friday 12th December 2025

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