Some people seem to have misunderstood: I'm not trying to recruit people here for something that I would manage; I want
you to set this up, on your own and independently. Then if you do a good job, I would require that advertisers receive your certification (or a similar one).
how does one go about verifying fake people? in most cases founders don't seem to be high profile or well known
Usually these team pages say stuff like "XYZ team member has worked in the field for 100 years, and is recognized across the universe as the #1 expert." They should prove those qualifications to the certifier.
Most people leave traces that you can find. If there are one or two who can't be linked to anything, then that's probably fine. Also, it's fine if the people are pseudonymous but have a good pseudonymous history (eg. they've written a lot of code, etc.). But if the whole team is full of ghosts with no verifiable achievements, then that's awfully suspicious.
Can we extend this to any ICOs wanting to Announce their projects here?
That'd probably be too restrictive.
Sounds like a really great business idea for someone who has the necessary skills and time and is also able to assemble a team. Sure, at first the fee would likely be lower, but as the person or team builds a certification reputation, he/they can increase fees - I would imagine fees of $3k to $10k would not be unreasonable in the earlier stages of this process. Would probably take hundreds of hours of work and looking into, and of course the more experienced and the better auditing systems and skills are developed, the quicker and more reliable the accreditation would become.