Veriff published an analysis based on its 2025 dataset covering millions of sessions flagged and declined for document tampering across U.S. sectors and states.
Understanding the Rise of Fake ID Usage | Veriff.com ↗
What happened
- Veriff reported that Financial Services accounted for 24.55% and Mobility and Transportation accounted for 23.54% of document fraud rates across analyzed sectors.
- Veriff reported state driver's license tampering rates of 25.09% in New York, 24.42% in North Dakota, and 24.2% in Texas, compared to 17.02% for passports.
Why it matters to Signicat
- Veriff is positioning its document identity verification capabilities against AI-generated physical and digital identity fraud in core sectors like financial services.
- The research focuses heavily on U.S. state driver's license variability, presenting limited direct threat to Signicat's European document and eID footprint.
Evidence from the source (4 quotes)
- “The sector breakdown shows Financial Services (24.55%) and Mobility & Transportation (23.54%) carry the highest exposure to tampered or counterfeit identity documents” source ↗
- “The elevated driver’s‑license tampering rates in states like New York (25.09%), North Dakota (24.42%) and Texas (24.2%) indicate regional hotspots where differing state issuance standards and security features enlarge the attack surface” source ↗
- “Given widespread fraud losses and the rapid rise of generative‑AI tools that accelerate realistic forgeries, these industries should urgently prioritize layered verification, real‑time risk signals and stricter controls to reduce financial impact.” source ↗
- “In our recent analysis of U.S. document‑fraud trends, we examined which sectors and states bear the greatest exposure using Veriff’s 2025 dataset” source ↗
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