With the explosion in demand for Captains this problem will only get larger and the Fakers will turn up anywhere that English is not the mother tongue as they know they will not be too closely probed. I suspect many claim theyl come from airlines that have ceased trading so background checks impossible to a degree, as " work colleagues" will be alter egos of these guys as well. Having said all that, the "real deal" can be very quickly identified at screening, but of course, screening is sometimes pocket deep and bias towards the positive result due to the shortage. I would take away their licence, but that is not an easy thing to do, a criminal conviction would suit best as there is no escaping that by muddy waters and it would come up on the CRC checks. I wonder if the " command hours" as a faker count,, I suspect they do as the guy is operating and sitting in the LHS!