The selfies were needed by an identity verification service, ID.me, to compare with applicants’ government-issued ID photos, the IRS said.

The tax agency is using ID.me for now, it says, because the company is “the only credential service provider currently available to the IRS that meets the identity assurance level 2 standard for ...

On your own/self-service: The agency said doing it online through ID.me is the fastest way to complete your identity verification, and when you log in, you’ll be guided through the process.

It takes less than five minutes to do it,” she says. IWD says since January ID.me has also already helped them identify and halt more than 1,200 fraudulent attempts to obtain benefits.

“The Committees’ investigation uncovered appalling new information about how ID.me’s identity verification services delayed benefits for Americans when they needed them most…” Maloney said. “I am also ...

ID.me's rush to hire and train nearly 1,500 new workers at this time also led to lax verification practices and poor user privacy protections, these people said.

Online verification through ID.me was supposed to help the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) prevent widespread fraud while rushing unemployment benefits to those who needed it most during the pandemic.

One year ago, ID.me started seeing the first waves of backlash against its software. This resulted in contract issues and an investigation by the U.S. House of Representatives. Now, the McLean, ...

In June of 2021 – less than three months later – ID.me was able to meet significantly higher verification demand with steady, low wait times.

MCLEAN, Va., July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ID.me, the secure digital identity network, today announced a new milestone of around 12.5 million users from the military community.