![]() ![]() 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. Just remember kiddies, if they can make it, so can you, and if you are willing to spend the money to fabricate it, you deserve it.Toronto Detective Constable Mike Kelly and his partner have been investigating synthetic IDs for about four years. The easiest document to counterfeit in Canada is the SIN, as long as you know the meaning and mathematical calculation of the characters. ![]() This information is also contained in the magnetic strip, which is commonly used by bouncers and casinos, so sorry when they swipe your card they know what you look like. The actual drivers licence number identifies the individual and holds an accurate description, age, height, weight, eye colour. Keep in mind this is just an overlay, if you look closely at your licence you will see a 1.5 millimeter space around the edge that is flat and closer to the surface. The most secure feature is the hologram overlay of the Ontario crest. I am a criminal lawyer that specializes in fraud and know that the Ontario drivers licence is easy to counterfeit as Canadian tire money. There are several security features on a drivers licence that are not accurate with these fakes. Something not obvious unless you have the genuine license in your hand. There is one other feature that shows clearly it's a fake, as well. There is one ID feature that even I know about that says right off that it's a fake. And the Ontario DL fakes would not pass first muster by any cop or even a grocery store clerk. ![]() ![]()
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