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The Confessions of an AI Fraud Kingpin

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Yuriy Nazarenko, a former Ukrainian fake-ID forger, built OnlyFake, an AI-assisted service that let anyone generate realistic counterfeit identity documents and photos for a few dollars. Per the DOJ, it made over $1.2 million and produced at least 10,000 fakes.

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