AssureTec Technologies Announces New Release of Assure-Alert™ Software Capable of Defeating High Tech Fake Driver's Licenses From China

MANCHESTER, N.H., Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- News of fake IDs from a website in China is spreading like wildfire, especially in college town communities.  In a story published Sunday, October 16, 2011 in The New Hampshire Sunday News, Assistant U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire Al Rubega said these new counterfeit IDs are "better than any we've seen."  He went on to say "It's a real profound concern both from a law enforcement and national security perspective."  Eddie Edwards, the NH Chief of Liquor Enforcement and Licensing was quoted in the story that "These new sophisticated counterfeit IDs from China are virtually impossible to detect."

In both government and commercial environments, when used with either the AssureTec i-Dentify™ ID-150 document scanner or other supported passport scanners, the Assure-Alert fraud detection software is the only software on the market that has been proven to reliably and automatically detect these new sophisticated fraudulent documents from China. Assure-Alert software is deployed worldwide, in airports and seaports, border control stations, immigration counters, DMVs, casinos, car rental companies, and in other retail applications. US Government entities such as DHS, GSA, and other agencies regularly call for software solutions by AssureTec.  

Many products can scan the barcode that is present on most drivers' licenses, but unfortunately, most barcode scanners simply verify that there is data present on a card, not that the card is valid. Assure-Alert, on the other hand, authenticates documents using the same forensic methods used by highly trained and experienced enforcement officers. Assure-Alert automatically performs multiple forensic tests to validate security features specific to the type of ID presented in just a few seconds.

Most laypeople, including bank tellers, casino cage workers, and store clerks, who are put in the position of ensuring that a customer has a valid ID, are not trained to determine the authenticity of the variety of IDs they regularly encounter. Even border and forensic document inspectors, who undergo substantial training in the Questioned Document Examination (QDE) process, often do not have enough time to truly inspect each document that passes through their station.  In testimony before the Senate Finance Committee several years ago, the U.S. Government Accountability Office reported authorities were able to use fake IDs in 18 out of 18 cases to enter the country — despite qualified forensic document inspection.  Incidentally, when those same IDs were checked with the Assure-Alert software, they were all detected as fraudulent.

In these times, when procuring a fake ID is as easy a buying loaf of bread, best practices require proven solutions for detecting these sophisticated fraudulent documents whether it be for high security access control, liquor enforcement, or fraud prevention and red flag rules compliance.

About AssureTec

Assure-Alert™, powered by AssureTec 's world's leading automated ID document screening and authentication software platform and document database, has the ability to authenticate any one of over 2,500 different worldwide identity document types including machine readable and non-standard identity documents.  AssureTec ' s software and document database is imbedded in the world's leading access control, credentialing and commercial ID fraud solutions.  With thousands of AssureTec systems installed and operating globally, AssureTec's Assure-Alert software and document database solutions have been selected time after time for the most discriminating security applications involving critical borders, high profile chemical and nuclear facilities, US Government credentialing programs as well as commercial enterprises to screen the ID's of prospective customers, employees and visitors in real time.  

For more information visit www.assuretec.com or call 603-935-4117

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