Yuriy Nazarenko created ‘OnlyFake’, a site that let anyone churn out realistic fake IDs with AI. Then the North Koreans came knocking.

An exposé on Yuriy Nazarenko, the Ukrainian entrepreneur behind OnlyFake, a website that automated the creation of realistic fake identity documents using AI. The article details how the platform enabled large-scale fraud, its use by North Korean actors, the subsequent legal actions by U.S. authorities, and Nazarenko’s arrest, extradition, and sentencing. https://www.404media.co/the-confessions-of-an-ai-fraud-kingpin-onlyfake-owner-nazarenko/