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Perhaps just perhaps the task is a bit harder than what you make it sound like Instances of people sharing the same name are far more common in china than else

Perhaps just perhaps the task is a bit harder than what you make it sound like Instances of people sharing the same name are far more common in china than elsewhere. For example there are more than 30 thousand people called "Wang Wei". The fact is complicated by the fact that the writing systems are different and transliteration errors are commonplace.

unsupp0rted 3y ago
How many people named Wang Wei in any given year become the officers of companies? Google could even automate this with an email, opting into which would be a requirement for any senior employee handling the kind of information the US government cares about. "A person sharing your name has registered a company in China, as of 2024-03-07. To affirm that you are not related to this person, please click this link. If you were this person, please reply to this email for next steps." Edit: obviously, criminals don't mark the "yes I'm a criminal box" on forms. That's not the purpose it's there to serve.
- Thorrez 3y ago
  >opting into which would be a requirement for any senior employee According to the article, he was a junior employee. >Edit: obviously, criminals don't mark the "yes I'm a criminal box" on forms. That's not the purpose it's there to serve. What purpose would it serve? Would it have prevented this case?
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- fooker 3y ago
  If you are guilty of a much more serious crime, saying you're not related to this person or ignoring the email won't add much to your guilt.
- yellow_lead 3y ago
  "Yes, I am not this person" phew
- theGnuMe 3y ago
  I think it is quite difficult to find out the officers of Chinese companies. There was the big wall street stock scandal a few years ago with respect to Chinese listings on US exchanges.
seanmcdirmid 3y ago
To add to that, I don't think Google (or any American company) would ask for foreign ID numbers. Your SSN can be used for a background check in the USA, but not in China.

unsupp0rted 3y ago

How many people named Wang Wei in any given year become the officers of companies? Google could even automate this with an email, opting into which would be a requirement for any senior employee handling the kind of information the US government cares about. "A person sharing your name has registered a company in China, as of 2024-03-07. To affirm that you are not related to this person, please click this link. If you were this person, please reply to this email for next steps." Edit: obviously, criminals don't mark the "yes I'm a criminal box" on forms. That's not the purpose it's there to serve.

Thorrez 3y ago
>opting into which would be a requirement for any senior employee According to the article, he was a junior employee. >Edit: obviously, criminals don't mark the "yes I'm a criminal box" on forms. That's not the purpose it's there to serve. What purpose would it serve? Would it have prevented this case?
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fooker 3y ago
If you are guilty of a much more serious crime, saying you're not related to this person or ignoring the email won't add much to your guilt.
yellow_lead 3y ago
"Yes, I am not this person" phew
theGnuMe 3y ago
I think it is quite difficult to find out the officers of Chinese companies. There was the big wall street stock scandal a few years ago with respect to Chinese listings on US exchanges.

seanmcdirmid 3y ago

To add to that, I don't think Google (or any American company) would ask for foreign ID numbers. Your SSN can be used for a background check in the USA, but not in China.