Trying to track down the real people who use their faces on multiple driver’s licences for synthetic identity fraud can pose huge challenges for police. The challenges of fighting synthetic identity fraud Unlike identity theft crimes, in which someone’s personal information such as their name or credit card is used to steal money or purchase goods under that person’s name, synthetic identity fraud creates new identities out of thin air. But a judge disagreed, saying it could have been an oversight owing to a heavy workload. Police suspected an inside job at the Orangeville office and charged two employees. In Orangeville, one driver's licence office issued licences to over 100 synthetic identities, and to some of them more than once.
In my experience it’s always somewhere in the middle," Kelly said, adding he estimated the number to be around 200,000. “Some will even say as high as a million. “If you talk in hushed corners and ask people honestly what they think, people will give you numbers from the tens of thousands to the hundreds of thousands. They have discovered synthetic identities responsible for $25 million in fraud losses. The ID card features a Wild Rose, Alberta’s provincial flower.īoth cards include an image of an Albertosaurus, a dinosaur whose name honours Alberta, where its remains were first discovered.Toronto Detective Constable Mike Kelly and his partner have been investigating synthetic IDs for about four years. The driver’s licence design depicts Castle Mountain and the Bow River in Banff National Park to reflect Alberta’s connection to the Canadian Rockies and the Prairies. The designs use a fine line technique that is difficult to replicate. New cards will be issued at the time of renewal. Your current driver’s licence or ID is still valid until its expiry date. This newer technology also makes them less expensive to make than the old cards. The cards are the first in North America to integrate this combination of design and security features to provide the best possible protection from fraud. updated designs to reflect Alberta’s landscape and history.updated security features that make the cards harder to alter or replicate.Alberta’s new driver’s licence and ID cards include:
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