This sounds innately wrong. When we think of celebrity clients traveling but skipping any identity checks because their entourage can vouch for them and don't want to hassle them - then who's to say later whether that person did or did not travel to that island or authorize that money transfer?

Instead, this should be handled not by fudging identity verification but by skipping it and maybe tagging the skip event with some verified identities of the people authorizing the skip.

Great instincts! It would be less the entourage and more an accredited travel agency with established reputation. And absolutely correct that the skip should be auditable and intentional - and having support at the provider level for this makes this more auditable, not less.

> and maybe tagging the skip event with some verified identities of the people authorizing the skip

This. Left unchecked, an entourage around a fake "celebrity" can get pretty far.