Jun 9, 2026 · 16 min · 10 segments
We take a look at the effect of human behaviour on our ability to stop criminals gaining access to the financial system and why that system is more likely to produce comprehensive documents than…
Graham BarrowHost
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So let's talk about your recent encounter with the solicitor and their identification and verification process.

You mean the one where they accepted my documentation but not my wife's even though she was standing next to me at the time?

Yeah, so we were selling, uh, a property, and they were the conveyancing solicitors.

... you know, quite rightly we brought in our original passports and driving license and, and I think actually a utility bill-

In, in fact, the passports had almost sequential numbers 'cause we'd applied for them at the same time.

Well, at the time there wasn't one, Ray, but a couple of hours later I had a phone call to say that whilst I had passed verification, my wife hadn't.

So let's talk about your recent encounter with the solicitor and their identification and verification process.

You mean the one where they accepted my documentation but not my wife's even though she was standing next to me at the time?

Yeah, so we were selling, uh, a property, and they were the conveyancing solicitors.

... you know, quite rightly we brought in our original passports and driving license and, and I think actually a utility bill-

In, in fact, the passports had almost sequential numbers 'cause we'd applied for them at the same time.

Well, at the time there wasn't one, Ray, but a couple of hours later I had a phone call to say that whilst I had passed verification, my wife hadn't.
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