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Wire Transfers Cyber Crimes

Troutman Pepper Locke

Fourth Circuit Holds UCC Article 4A Requires Beneficiary Bank’s Actual Knowledge for Wire Misdescription Liability in Business...

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On March 26, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed a district court’s decision holding a credit union liable for a wire transfer in a business email compromise scam case where the credit union lacked...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Business Email Compromise Fraud: Should the Party Best Positioned to Avoid the Fraud Bear the Loss?

Business email compromise (“BEC”) occurs when a payee’s business email account is compromised or impersonated. The threat actor, posing as the payee or its representative (e.g., the head of the accounting department), sends...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Be Alert to Scams Perpetrated by Cybercriminals Capitalizing on the Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

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Following the collapse and federal takeover of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday, March 10, scam artists wasted no time preying on the bank’s customers. Reports have surfaced of an email scam that initially targeted...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

[Webinar] Wire Transfer Fraud: Preventing and Mitigating this Rising Threat - December 6th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

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Join Warner Norcross + Judd LLP attorneys Madelaine Lane, Kelly Hollingsworth and Nate Steed for a webinar focused on preventing and mitigating wire transfer fraud. Cyber criminals are utilizing phishing emails and other...more

Carlton Fields

No Coverage Under Cybercrime Endorsement for Florida Fraudulent Wire Transfer

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In Star Title Partners of Palm Harbor LLC v. Illinois Union Insurance Co., the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed judgment for the insurer and held that coverage did not exist under the plain language of a...more

Goodwin

Gone Phishing? Wire Fraud Scams Continue Unabated Throughout 2021 So Far

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By this point, most businesses that regularly send and receive funds electronically have heard about the risk of wire fraud scams in which an intruder changes wiring instructions and diverts funds to its own account,...more

White and Williams LLP

Phishing Scam Does Not Implicate Forgery Coverage, Court Requests Further Briefing for Computer Fraud Coverage

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This week, in Crown Bank JJR Holding Company v. Great American Insurance Company, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23136 (D.N.J. Feb. 11, 2020), the New Jersey federal court held that loss from mis-wiring bank funds as a result of a...more

Holland & Hart LLP

3 Tips to Protect Real Estate Agents & Firms from Cybercrime

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Did you know Americans lost nearly $150 million dollars to real estate internet scams last year? That makes real estate cyber crime a greater risk to Americans than identity theft ($100 million in losses) or credit card fraud...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the...

Minimizing Risk and Liability from Man in the Middle Attacks (or, How to Keep Your Company’s Wire Transfers from Going Awry)

Imagine this scenario: you’ve had a productive and mutually advantageous ongoing contractual relationship of several years with another party. You have built up quite a bit of trust over the years, and communicate regularly...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Recent FINRA Consent Agreement – Sanctions Against Former Securities Employee Regarding Wire Transfers

The regulatory sword of the financial industry came down on a former securities employee for violations involving wire transfers out of a client’s account. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) provides...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

CFOs Beware: You are Being Targeted by Nigerian Hackers

A report released by cybersecurity firm Agari has come to a conclusion that we have experienced all year—that a hacking group in Nigeria, dubbed “London Blue,” is targeting CFOs and Controllers in small businesses to...more

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The Rise of Wire Fraud: Cybercrimes Targeting Money Wired in Real Estate Transactions Increasing

No one can argue that technology has worked wonders in the area of real estate transactions, making these transactions faster, smoother and more accessible. However, thanks to technology these transactions are now exposed to...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Policyholder Insider Quarterly

Some Words Are More Equal Than Others: BancInsure vs. FDIC - In George Orwell's "Animal Farm", the governing principle that "all animals are equal" was revised by the pigs, who had ascended into power, to "all animals...more

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