Intellicheck’s Age ID Amplifies Mid-Atlantic Alcoholic Beverage Control Board’s Efforts to Prevent Underage Drinking
February 15, 2018
JERICHO, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A mid-Atlantic Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABC) is enhancing its efforts to prevent minors from purchasing alcohol. The Board’s enforcement division is using Intellicheck‘s (NYSE AMERICAN: IDN) Age ID™ throughout the state to authenticate driver licenses and other forms of identification preventing the use of altered and fake IDs.
Mid-Atlantic alcohol beverage control board implements Intellicheck’s Age ID.
The Enforcement Division is committed to enforcing state laws pertaining to the sale, purchase, transportation, manufacture, consumption, and possession of alcoholic beverages. Some of the duties of the Enforcement Division include underage alcohol compliance checks, walkthroughs to spot underage alcohol consumption, compliance sweeps with other law enforcement agencies, investigations and undercover details.
“We’re excited that yet another ABC board has selected Age ID to prevent minors from using fake or altered IDs to purchase age-restricted products. Nationwide, 27 law enforcement and alcohol compliance agencies now use Intellicheck’s Age ID because they have seen the significant impact Age ID is having with its ability to deliver real-time identification authentication with 99.9% accuracy,” said Intellicheck Interim CEO Bill White.
Age ID reads the data encoded on driver licenses and government issued IDs and authenticates the ID and verifies age information in real-time. It can be deployed on mobile devices including smartphones and tablets and can be integrated with point-of-sale solutions. Age ID draws on a comprehensive, proprietary database that is updated on an ongoing basis to ensure information is timely and accurate.