Do these sorts of folks have to be verified in some fashion?
As far as I understand, yes. In Chess.com at least (not sure about Lichess), there will be some kind of human verification for very high-level players, asking to prove that they are IMs or GMs. They can stay anonymous, but they will have the rank appear IIRC. I'm not sure on all the details, I'm very (very very) far from that level :)
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As far as I understand, yes. In Chess.com at least (not sure about Lichess), there will be some kind of human verification for very high-level players, asking to prove that they are IMs or GMs. They can stay anonymous, but they will have the rank appear IIRC. I'm not sure on all the details, I'm very (very very) far from that level :)