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Kalshi, Polymarket, DraftKings, FanDuel, and Gambling Legality

(Bredebot helped write small parts of this post.)

Is it only smartphone game app users who are inundated with an unrelenting barrage of Kalshi ads?

If nothing else, the barrage inspired me to research Designated Contract Markets (DCMs). A DCM is a status granted and regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a federal agency. As such, Kalshi argues that it is exempt from state gaming regulations because it’s not hosting gambling. It’s hosting futures trading.

Gemini.

But Kalshi and similar apps such as Polymarket are opposed by DraftKings, FanDuel, and other sports betting apps. They make no pretense of “trading futures,” but comply with state-level gambling regulations, and use geolocation to prohibit mobile sports betting in states such as California where it is illegal.

And both are opposed by Native American casinos governed by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) of 1988, which allows sovereign tribal nations to host traditional Indian games.

And they are opposed by other card houses, racetracks, bingo games, and state sponsored lotteries.

And all are opposed by the traditional Las Vegas casinos…except when they themselves host mobile apps and strike licensing deals with Native American casinos.

But the mobile app variants not only deal with geolocation, but also digital identity verification and age verification. 

And employment verification or non-verification to ensure that football players aren’t betting on football games.

Gemini.

Plus authentication to open the app and ensure Little Jimmy doesn’t open it.

Gemini.

There are all sorts of gaming identity stories…and Bredemarket can help identity/biometric marketers tell them.

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How Do You Make Cash Payments to the CORRECT People?

In the United States, we forget that much of the world does NOT fill out W-9 forms.

Take the apparel industry in Jordan.

“In Jordan, the apparel sector relies heavily on a large migrant workforce, many of whom lack access to bank accounts and remain unbanked. Wage payments have traditionally been cash-based…”

To facilitate cash payments to unbanked apparel workers in Jordan, IrisGuard stepped in with its EyePay product.

“Cairo Amman Bank (CAB) Jordan…has launched a national-scale biometric cash salary payment network for unbanked workers. 

“With just a simple iris scan, employees can securely access their wages instantly, without the need for a bank account, PIN, or physical ID.”

I don’t think this is tied to an iris-based time and attendance system, but that is the obvious next step.

If Only Job Applicant Deepfake Detection Were This Easy

In reality, job applicant deepfake detection is (so far) unable to determine who the fraudster really is, but it can determine who the fraudster is NOT.

Something to remember when hiring people for sensitive positions. You don’t want to unknowingly hire a North Korean spy.

The End of Human Resources

I admit to being old enough to remember that a particular corporate department was always called “Human Resources.”

Times have changed.

This hit me when I saw a reference to a “People Manager.”

I initially thought to myself, aren’t ALL managers People Managers?

Then I remembered that we live in the days where AI helps companies jettison people…I mean, rightsize corporate outcomes to maximize efficiencies.

At the rate we’re going, hardly any managers will actually manage people.

Know Your Recruiter, Tuesday 9/16/2025 Edition

A supposed recruiter on LinkedIn with 2 names (Adriana, and Linda) and only 2 connections (whoops, now 3) tried to scam a friend of mine.

But my friend smelled a rat.

Another employment scammer.

Know your recruiter!

(Hiring rat picture from Imagen 4)

Know your recruiter!

Stop Scammers: The Latest Way to Verify Company Recruiter and Leader Identities on LinkedIn

I’ve written about the fake recruiters who InMail you about a great position with their company. I shut up the fakes by requesting their corporate email address at their supposed employer. But what if LinkedIn could catch them BEFORE they ever sent that InMail to me?

LinkedIn is trying. 

From HR Dive, brought to my attention by Jennifer Schlador on LinkedIn.

“LinkedIn is looking to take on scammers who falsely present themselves as recruiters or company representatives in the app, with an expansion of its company verification option, while it’s also making workplace verification required when a member adds or updates a leadership or recruiter-related role.”

From HR Dive.

Of course, the proposed Know Your Recruiter system isn’t foolproof; nothing is. Scammers can avoid the LinkedIn verification step by simply NOT choosing a leadership or recruiter-related job title.

Imagen 4.

And as much as people like me wish that people would care about verified identities…many don’t. 

  • If “Jones Jay” from Microsoft sends jobseekers an InMail about a wonderful position, 
  • some will blindly respond without even looking at Jones Jay’s LinkedIn profile at all, 
  • much less checking whether his identity and employer are verified.

But at least the attempt demonstrates that LinkedIn cares more about their real users than about the scammers who pay for Premium.

Amanda, Light of My Life, They Should Have Made You a Job Scammer’s Wife

This is what happens when an employment fraudster tries to recruit an anti-fraud identity professional. 

Not that she/he/they necessarily knows what I do. The message just refers to my “background information” and “the position” and “the company.”

Seems legit.

“Amanda.” https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-rodriguez-155a17378

Here’s the message.

“I am currently working as a Temporary Recruiting Assistant, assisting the company in finding a suitable candidate to fill an open position.

“After reading your background information, I believe that you have the experience and abilities that are highly qualified for this position.

“If you are interested in this opportunity, you are more than welcome to get back to me and I will be happy to provide you with more information about the position.

“Thank you for your time and look forward to your reply!

“Amanda Rodriguez

Temporary Recruitment Assistant | Administrative Support in Talent Acquisition”

I don’t know Spencer Stuart but they presumably wouldn’t hire a clown like this, even in a temporary capacity.

Here’s my reply, but the account disappeared before I could send it.

“If you are truly targeting anti-fraud identity verification product marketing professionals, your pitch itself sounds like it was written by a scammer fraudster. Even in his current condition, Kevin Mitnick wouldn’t fall for this scam.”

Know your recruiter!

When Pre-Acquisition Announcements Stalled Negative Activities Affecting Motorola and IDEMIA

When a company announces its intent to buy another company, certain activities at both firms may be stalled.

This can be a good thing, as certain Motorola employees and IDEMIA lawyers know.

Motorola layoffs on hold

In late 2008 and early 2009 Motorola was in trouble—so much trouble that it would eventually bifurcate. (Heh.) So Motorola was laying off employees throughout the company…

…except in the Biometric Business Unit where I resided. Safran had announced its intent purchase that unit, and Motorola was obligated to deliver that unit to Safran intact.

So I kept my job…for another 12 years anyway.

IDEMIA lawsuit on hold

Anyway, Motorola’s Biometric Business Unit became part of Safran and then IDEMIA. And according to ID Tech, IDEMIA is the beneficiary of new acquisition activity.

“A legal dispute between South African Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) firm INFOVERGE and French multinational IDEMIA has stalled, with INFOVERGE citing ongoing acquisition activity involving IDEMIA’s South African subsidiary as the reason for the delay. The firm is seeking R39 million in damages over what it describes as a breach of contractual obligations by IDEMIA.

“INFOVERGE told reporters that it had been informed IDEMIA’s South African division is undergoing a corporate transaction, which has effectively paused the litigation process. ‘We’ve been told that the South African arm of IDEMIA is under acquisition … which leaves our legal matter in some kind of limbo as we wait,’ an INFOVERGE spokesperson said, adding that the prolonged delay is impacting their ability to fulfill their empowerment mandate.”

I’m not sure whether the completed IN Groupe acquisition is the culprit, or if the possible public security sale is to blame.

Employment Fraudster Lack Of Differentiation

While the fraud fighting companies don’t differentiate themselves, it turns out the fraudsters aren’t differentiating themselves either.

“Gibson Karen.”

Take Gibson Karen, who commented that I should connect a particular person in Gibson’s network.

  • Except that Fibson has no network: 0 connections, 0 followers, and 0 recommendations despite nearly 2 decades in the industry.
  • Fibson’s location? “United States.”
  • The odd first name as last name that doesn’t match Fibson’s perceived sex.
  • The request to contact someone else, not Fibson.
  • The email address of Fibson’s contact? gregory.hopkins@allegisgroupjobs.com. The real URL is allegisgroup, not allegisgroupjobs.
Um…

Don’t they even try any more?

You don’t need 30 years of identity experience to recognize employment fraud when you see it.