Fraud Expert Built a Fake Employee from LinkedIn Photo in 10 Minutes

We asked Dr. David Maimon, professor at Georgia State University and Head of Fraud Insight at SentiLink, to show us how fraudsters build deepfake job applicants. Then he did it live: pulling a real photo from LinkedIn, generating a passport image, and creating a talking video of a “candidate” saying he wants the job, start to finish, on camera. The scary part isn’t just how easy it is — it’s who’s doing it. Fake candidates increasingly come from both criminal groups and nation-states, and once they’re inside, the goal often isn’t a paycheck. It’s your company’s secrets, your IP, and your data.