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How KYC, KYB, rental, and lending teams spot fake utility bills used as proof of address: edited vs generated files, tells that work, six file checks.

The OFAC SDN List names blocked persons, vessels, aircraft, and crypto addresses. How screening works, what a true hit requires, and what a miss costs.

How bust-out fraud works, how it differs from default and account takeover, the signals and features that catch it, and why the loss ends up as a SAR.

How fake document templates and template farms work, why template-made files have no issuance history, and how to detect them in KYC and lending.

How to run an enterprise BSA/AML risk assessment: FFIEC categories, inherent vs. residual risk, refresh triggers, examiner criticisms, program linkage.

How fuzzy name matching works in sanctions screening: Levenshtein, Jaro-Winkler, phonetic keys, OFAC's own scorer, threshold trade-offs, and validation.

Serial document reuse detection catches one statement, stub, or ID recycled across unrelated applicants. Why single-file review misses it.

Placement, layering, and integration: the techniques, transaction-data signatures, and controls at each stage, and why real schemes break the model.