13/08/2026
The most dangerous threat to your platform isn’t hiding on the darknet—it’s operating in plain sight on the surface web. Our latest research into the industrialized identity trade reveals that fully verified accounts for major fintechs and exchanges are now trading for as little as $7 to $10.
This video exposes the "Broken Assumption" of traditional AML: the belief that the person verified at onboarding is the one actually controlling the account. Through high-velocity "KYC-as-a-Service" infrastructures, professional mule herders provide everything from document authentication to paid actors for live face verification and OTP bypass.
Key Takeaways for Risk and Compliance Leaders:
The Commodity of Trust: Digital identity has been severed from the real-world person, creating a primary gateway for money laundering and sanctions evasion.
Industrialized Scale: Surface-web recruitment hubs for "KYC actors" have been identified with over 54.2K members targeting high-liquidity brands.
Active Brand Defense: Passive "box-ticking" compliance is a liability. It is time to move to the offense by identifying, mapping, and disrupting these networks before they scale.
Watch to see how we use OSINT to map these illicit networks and dismantle the counter-infrastructure targeting your brand’s perimeter.
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