Socure launches Workforce Verification solution to tackle employee fraud

Socure has unveiled its Workforce Verification solution to stop employee fraud at the point of hire.

Tailored for recruiting workflows, the new offering applies Socure’s enterprise-grade identity verification to detect manipulated, synthetic, or AI-generated profiles before candidates gain access to corporate systems and data.

The company warns that fraudsters increasingly use deepfaked credentials, AI-generated resumes and synthetic identities to bypass outdated screening methods. Gartner predicts that by 2028, one in four job applications will be fake, wasting HR time on illegitimate interviews and exposing organizations to financial, cybersecurity and compliance risks.

“Identity fraud is no longer confined to the consumer realm, it’s infiltrating the workforce at an accelerating rate and has become a foundational risk to cybersecurity, compliance, and organizational trust that can put hundreds of billions of dollars of value at risk – or worse – unknowingly providing access to your most critical IT systems and employee data,” said Johnny Ayers, CEO and founder of Socure.

Socure’s Workforce Verification integrates directly with HR platforms, job boards, payroll systems and applicant tracking systems (ATS) via a hosted user interface, API or SDK. At the application stage, Socure analyzes phone, email, device, geolocation, behavior and education signals to block more than 70 percent of fraudulent candidates before they reach recruiters.

Flagged applicants are automatically routed through stepped-up document and biometric checks via Socure’s DovC or manual review, while trusted profiles receive a persistent SocureID token for continuous risk monitoring from application through onboarding.

A senior Socure team member describes an example, when they experienced employment fraud firsthand. “One candidate, who applied under the alleged name ‘Anthony’ had a polished big tech resume, a detailed LinkedIn profile and all the surface markers of legitimacy,” relates Rivka Gewirtz, Chief Growth Officer at Socure. “But ultimately several red flags emerged and it became clear to us that he was a fake applicant who was likely tied to a North Korean employment fraud scam.”

News reports have revealed the North Korean government’s fake hiring scams have ensnared numerous tech firms, including Fortune 500 companies, using the “salaries” to bankroll its weapons program. The Justice Department has brought indictments, secured plea deals, made arrests, raided 29 suspected “laptop farms” in 16 states, and seized 29 illicit financial accounts along with 21 fraudulent websites. The FBI has launched parallel investigations to dismantle these schemes and support the companies impacted.

Socure recognized in CNBC’s top fintech companies list 2025

Socure has earned a spot on CNBC’s World’s Top Fintech Companies 2025 list in the Enterprise Fintech category for the second year running.

“Being named one of CNBC’s top financial technology firms in the world – two years in a row – is a powerful validation of Socure’s leadership in digital identity and enterprise fintech,” said Ayers.

Announced on Wednesday by CNBC and Statista, the rankings evaluate more than 2,000 firms across seven segments, including payments, digital assets and insurtech, using publicly available KPIs and data.

At the core of Socure’s platform is RiskOS, an AI-powered decision engine backed by a proprietary identity graph that fuses device, document, behavior and transaction signals from over 3,000 customers in more than 40 industries. The company recently vamped up the platform with a sweeping set of generative AI features.

Socure’s repeated inclusion underscores growing enterprise demand for secure, automated identity verification as organizations race to stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated fraud schemes.

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AI fraud  |  deepfake detection  |  digital identity  |  fraud prevention  |  Socure  |  synthetic identity fraud