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NEW OR FIX? THE WRONG CHOICE COSTS THE APPROVAL Sometimes a clients sends an almost ready file and asks to “just tweak it a bit”. In half the cases this is already the path to rejection. If the file already carries heavy mounting traces, broken metadata or unnatural noise – fixing only makes...

9 out of 10 edits fail KYC. And it’s not about a “pretty image” ▪ Mustang Service – when approval matters more than blind testing. › We work with what systems actually check: → passing anti-fraud checkers: Onfido, Veriff, Sumsub, etc. → German-grade studio equipment → two-stage control +...

PABST BLUE RIBBON STOLEN FOR $95,000 WITH FAKE TRANSPORT PAPERS In Montclair, California, unknown thieves stole Pabst Blue Ribbon beer twice in one day — $70,000 the first time and $25,000 the second. Both times they used the exact same scheme: fake transport documents. First they “officially”...

9 out of 10 edits fail KYC. And it’s not about a “pretty image” ▪ Mustang Service – when approval matters more than blind testing. › We work with what systems actually check: → passing anti-fraud checkers: Onfido, Veriff, Sumsub, etc. → German-grade studio equipment → two-stage control +...

ID AND PASSPORT – DIFFERENT RULES OF THE GAME The same service can calmly accept a passport and reject an ID card. Or the other way around. The difference is not only in format. IDs usually have stricter requirements for edge sharpness, laminate behaviour and noise consistency on a small area...

9 out of 10 edits fail KYC. And it’s not about a “pretty image” ▪ Mustang Service – when approval matters more than blind testing. › We work with what systems actually check: → passing anti-fraud checkers: Onfido, Veriff, Sumsub, etc. → German-grade studio equipment → two-stage control +...

“DOCUMENT IN MOTION” IS NOT A WHIM, IT’S A FILTER Some platforms ask not just for a photo, but a short video where the document is turned. This is not for beauty. The system watches how the highlight behaves, how the reflection on the plastic changes, how the shadow shifts and whether the...

9 out of 10 edits fail KYC. And it’s not about a “pretty image” ▪ Mustang Service – when approval matters more than blind testing. › We work with what systems actually check: → passing anti-fraud checkers: Onfido, Veriff, Sumsub, etc. → German-grade studio equipment → two-stage control +...

REQUIREMENTS CHANGE EVERY 2–3 MONTHS. OLD FILES BURN What passed in January already gets rejected in April. Antifraud updates quietly and constantly. Allowed compression levels change, grain requirements, metadata check logic, acceptable sharpness deviations and even how the system looks at...

9 out of 10 edits fail KYC. And it’s not about a “pretty image” ▪ Mustang Service – when approval matters more than blind testing. › We work with what systems actually check: → passing anti-fraud checkers: Onfido, Veriff, Sumsub, etc. → German-grade studio equipment → two-stage control +...

THEY DIDN’T FAKE A DOCUMENT — THEY FAKED AN ENTIRE IDENTITY In August, Huntress described cases where IT specialists applied to foreign companies under stolen or synthetic identities. The materials included a residence card, a Chinese passport, an electricity bill as proof of address, and a...

9 out of 10 edits fail KYC. And it’s not about a “pretty image” ▪ Mustang Service – when approval matters more than blind testing. › We work with what systems actually check: → passing anti-fraud checkers: Onfido, Veriff, Sumsub, etc. → German-grade studio equipment → two-stage control +...

REPEAT CLIENT: UKRAINIAN FOREIGN PASSPORT FOR THE REQUIRED NAME The client came back again. This time he needed a rendering of a Ukrainian foreign passport with a specific first and last name. The task was simple in wording: make a document for Google, the main thing was that the required data...

9 out of 10 edits fail KYC. And it’s not about a “pretty image” ▪ Mustang Service – when approval matters more than blind testing. › We work with what systems actually check: → passing anti-fraud checkers: Onfido, Veriff, Sumsub, etc. → German-grade studio equipment → two-stage control +...

MICRO-ARTIFACTS THAT EXPOSE A DEEPFAKE Systems no longer mainly look at “similar / not similar”. They search for small violations: edge trembling, unnatural shine, errors in teeth and hair, light and shadow desync. These are the things that most often cause rejection, even when at first glance...

9 out of 10 edits fail KYC. And it’s not about a “pretty image” ▪ Mustang Service – when approval matters more than blind testing. › We work with what systems actually check: → passing anti-fraud checkers: Onfido, Veriff, Sumsub, etc. → German-grade studio equipment → two-stage control +...

GRANDMA FLED THE TRAIN In Mogilev (Belarus), an elderly woman solved the issue of discounted train travel in a simple way: she took her father’s disability certificate, glued her own photo into it, and used it. Until one day she got caught. A conductor on a diesel train took a closer look. The...

9 out of 10 edits fail KYC. And it’s not about a “pretty image” ▪ Mustang Service – when approval matters more than blind testing. › We work with what systems actually check: → passing anti-fraud checkers: Onfido, Veriff, Sumsub, etc. → German-grade studio equipment → two-stage control +...

FORENSICS SEES WHAT A NORMAL PREVIEW DOESN’T A file can look perfect. No artifacts, good quality, everything in place. But during deep inspection, old traces surface: previous saves, software fingerprints, leftover metadata, edit history. These are the things that increasingly cause questions...

9 out of 10 edits fail KYC. And it’s not about a “pretty image” ▪ Mustang Service – when approval matters more than blind testing. › We work with what systems actually check: → passing anti-fraud checkers: Onfido, Veriff, Sumsub, etc. → German-grade studio equipment → two-stage control +...