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>>>Surely opening a business bank account demands the same ID as opening a
>>>personal account, since the company director is an individual subject to
>>>the same ID requirements. That is what happened to me when I opened a
>>>business account with Bank of Scotland - they needed my passport. >>>
>>>So I do not understand how the crooks get round this issue?
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>> They fraudulently appoint themselves as directors of the company, and then,
>> as directors of the company, use their own ID to open a bank account. >
>This seems very silly - they are bound to get caught if they do it in
>their own names!
>
>Why would they do this?
They would use fake ID.