PharmacyID

PharmacyID is an Identity Service Provider. PharmacyID has a network of pharmacies, Australia wide that provides the last element of the Identity Proofing process, and that is the face-to-face component. PharmacyID is the creation of Geoff Stockton, a former Inspector of Police with Victoria Police. Geoff spent 22 years with Victoria Police and was, at one stage, in charge of a Criminal Investigation Branch. He has a wealth of experience in fraud and identity fraud. It was Geoff’s experience that led to PharmacyID. Geoff started a pre-employment screening company, The Personnel Risk Management Group Pty Ltd (The PRM Group). Many of the people doing Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Checks (NCCHC) were fraudulently obtaining a “clear” (NCCHC) for the purpose of employment, government grants, etc. To counter this, Geoff decided that someone should sight original documents, and not documents that may have been fraudulently altered. It was decided that pharmacists were the logical place to go for an independent person to view the original documents and to see that the person whose photo was on those documents was the person presenting the documents.