How do you know the person behind a resume is actually who they claim to be?

In a recent episode of RecTech on YouTube host Chris sat down with David Schreni, Head of Product for Recruiting AI at Findem, to discuss the rising wave of recruitment fraud and how Findem’s Authenticity Suite Pro is helping talent teams verify candidates before wasting critical time and resources.

The Modern Fraud Landscape: Widespread and Sophisticated

Candidate fraud is no longer just about slight embellishments or AI-polished bullet points. As Schrenny pointed out, recruitment fraud has grown increasingly complex and widespread across industries.

Findem categorizes candidate authenticity across three core questions:

Are you a real human? Identifying whether the applicant is an actual person or an automated bot navigating the funnel.
Are you who you say you are? Detecting impersonation and shell games where one person applies, another interviews, and a third does the job.
Are you telling the truth? Validating work history, timelines, and credentials against real-world data.

Catching Inconsistencies at the Top of the Funnel

Findem’s philosophy centers on addressing the problem the millisecond an application is submitted, stopping fraudulent actors before they ever clutter a recruiter's active queue.

Rather than relying on opaque auto-rejections, Authenticity Suite Pro surfaces objective risk signals to help human recruiters make informed hiring decisions:

13 Key Aggregated Signals: Sifting through dozens of underlying data points, the suite highlights broken portfolio/LinkedIn links, mismatched employment timelines, phantom companies, and IP location discrepancies (such as claiming local residence while applying from overseas).
Rich Contextual Graph: Using Findem’s 3D graph of company and human data, claims are cross-referenced against known job titles and business structures.
Recruiter-in-the-Loop: Teams can customize workflows—such as reviewing flag-free pools first or filtering candidates with fewer than three flags—ensuring legitimate applicants aren't unfairly excluded.

Robust, Legally Compliant Identity Verification

When red flags appear, recruiters can trigger an automated or manual identity verification workflow powered by Glider.

Applicants receive a secure link to complete a quick three-step check:

A real-time selfie.
A brief 30-second video prompt to assess authenticity and verify the applicant isn't an AI-generated avatar.
An authenticated government ID check (currently available in the US and India) matched directly against the applicant's photo and application details.

The True Cost of Inaction

Hiring fraud carries significant legal and operational risks. Remote roles in particular face severe exposure, from overseas threat actors securing corporate login credentials to bait-and-switch candidates who pass technical screenings on behalf of someone else. Beyond wasted interview hours, companies face massive liability from compromised client data and regulatory fallout.

To align with modern recruitment needs, Findem offers Authenticity Suite Pro through an outcome-driven credit model. Instead of flat seat licensing, organizations allocate credits based on expected hiring volumes and verification needs, paying directly for the value and security delivered.

To see the platform in action or request a demo, visit findem.ai.