Touted as the ‘technology of trust’, blockchain/DLT is an ideal mechanism to transfer assets and payments in real-time, establish immutable ownership of money, goods or information. Through blockchain technologies with its ability to safely store, and impossibility to add remove or change information without detection. With digitally issued and verified identification securely held, financial fraud and risk should be significantly reduced and the risks of anonymity eliminated, seriously impacting if not eradicating the opportunity for fraudsters to operate in these once lucrative markets.