Background-check provider Checkr has launched a Fraud Detection Suite that checks job candidates’ identities at several points in the hiring process, combining resume screening, image comparison, deepfake detection and selfie-to-ID biometric verification with liveness detection.
The suite is aimed at candidates who impersonate real people or fabricate identities to get hired. In announcing it, Checkr cited FBI warnings that North Korean IT workers are using stolen identities to obtain jobs at U.S. organizations, and Department of Justice prosecutions of schemes that used stolen American identities to secure jobs at more than 100 U.S. companies.
“Hiring was built for a world where a resume, a video interview and a government ID were reliable proxies for identity. AI has broken that model,” said Daniel Yanisse, Checkr’s co-founder and CEO. “A one-time identity check is no longer enough.”
The resume screening layer checks phone numbers, email addresses and online presence against known fraud signals, and compares resume claims against Checkr’s database of more than 260 million verified profiles. Image comparison matches pictures gathered during hiring, including interview stills and the photo on a government-issued ID, against the candidate’s online presence to flag mismatches.
For interviews and onboarding, the suite analyzes video, audio and photos from remote interviews for synthetic or AI-altered content. Its biometric identity verification compares a live selfie with the candidate’s government ID in real time and uses liveness detection to confirm that a live person is present rather than a photo, deepfake or video replay. Device signals look for manipulation and spoofing, and location correlation flags candidates who appear to be hiding their location with VPNs, proxies or emulators. Employers can also run reverification checks after hiring.
Checkr said that in a recent analysis of customers using its resume fraud detection in beta, 36 percent of inbound resumes were flagged for further review. Flags were raised on 50 percent of software and AI engineering resumes, compared with 23 to 27 percent for sales, marketing and operations roles. The figures reflect flags for review, not confirmed fraud.
Checkr, which recently acquired income and employment verification provider Truv, says it has more than 140,000 customers. It also offers Profiles, a portable verified identity record that individuals can reuse across employers and platforms.
Sources: PR Newswire
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By the ID Tech Editorial Team
