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Wire Fraud Litigants Beware: Fourth Circuit Ruling Protects the Banks — The Consumer Finance Podcast

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In this episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast, Chris Willis is joined by veteran litigators and Troutman Pepper Locke Partners Mary Zinsner and Heryka Knoespel to dissect a groundbreaking Fourth Circuit decision on bank...more

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Fourth Circuit Limits Beneficiary Bank Liability in BEC Schemes, Requires Actual Knowledge

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Business email compromise (BEC) fraud, driven by technology and increasing sophistication by criminal organizations, has become a major issue for both consumers and financial institutions. According to a September 2024...more

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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

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Bank Liability for Business Email Compromises and Fraudulent Payments

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While at your place of business, you receive an email from a trusted source with an established vendor, notifying you that the vendor’s bank account information has changed. Do you note the change in your business records and...more

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WTF?! - Wire Transfer Fraud Litigation

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Threat actors have recently and significantly increased efforts to defraud organizations and individuals through business email compromise (BEC). In BEC and related scams, the threat actors trick unsuspecting targets into...more

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