Smart Engines and INTELLECT Study: Document Forgery Crimes in Russia Surge by 338%
Smart Engines, in collaboration with the law firm INTELLECT, has released its annual report on document fraud. According to Ministry of Internal Affairs data, crimes related to document forgery (Article 327 of the Criminal Code) surged by 338% in 2025, reaching 1,739 cases—a seven-year high. Experts estimate the illegal market for forged IDs is worth at least 2.6 billion rubles. The report details the scale of the fraud, the emergence of new schemes involving generative AI, and advanced technological solutions for document verification and fraud detection. The authors emphasize that the evolution of AI technologies creates new threats, necessitating the implementation of more sophisticated security and data authentication systems to combat the rising tide of forgery.
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