Cupid I will add the little that I have gleaned to Scutty’s response but should preface that I cannot be sure of my facts.
AW allows users to report members they believe are using deceptive profiles. I have used this extensively with mixed results. I have reported a TS who repeatedly tried to set up a profile advertising as a genetic female using his own pictures. The profiles (3 so far and counting) were all removed within hours of making the report and without being able to “prove” he was a TS.
I reported a profile that was a clear bait and switch and I had the veri pic. AW did not ask for proof but again took the profile down within hours. However, I also have experience of the opposite, where I have reported a clear B&S and my report has been ignored. By and large, the verification process provides a greater degree of assurance and it is worth reporting deceptive profiles being as specific as you can in the report. It is not fool proof, but it can work.
As I understand it AW will respond to a report by asking the SP to reverify, sending a selfie with a current news paper. You can work out for yourself where this will catch out a deceptive profile and where they can get away with it.
Finally, AW has been policing Verification more strictly catching out Poles (that I know of) who had longstanding profiles established on fake identities. Both Sweet Chantelle (then of Old Street) and Aleksandra (Acton) had to reprofiled (loosing lots of positive reviews) because of this.