The Confessions of an AI Fraud Kingpin

Yuriy Nazarenko, 28, describes building OnlyFake, an underground website that used templates and later generative AI to mass-produce convincing scans and photos of fake driver's licenses, passports, and other identity documents for about $15 each. The DOJ said OnlyFake made more than a million dollars, and Nazarenko has pleaded guilty and served a year in prison before ending up in ICE detention. He says North Korean fake IT workers used his creation and that OnlyFake helped unleash a new age of AI-powered fraud.