Former OnlyFake operator describes his AI fake ID business, drug use and detention
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Yuriy Nazarenko built OnlyFake, an underground service that used generative AI to produce convincing scans and photos of fake identity documents, sold for about $15 each. The Department of Justice said it earned more than a million dollars, and the FBI arrested him and shut down some competitors. Nazarenko says North Korean fake IT workers used the site, and that he was later held in ICE detention for months after serving his US sentence.
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