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Cases · Risk, disputes & investigations · White-collar investigations & financial crime

Manage a cross-border fraud concern

We think we've been defrauded by someone abroad. What now?

WONE Global brings in fraud, banking and litigation professionals in each country involved at the same time to preserve evidence, trace the money and seek freezing orders before it moves again.

Countries in the typical case United Kingdom · Hong Kong

The situation

What is happening

What is at stake

Money moves within days; every day of delay reduces the chance of tracing and recovering it.

A scenario

DistributorMid-sized company · from United Kingdom · in Hong Kong

It finds that fraudsters changed a supplier's bank details and a payment went to Hong Kong.

Where it ends Fast action while the money can still be reached.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “Fraud by a foreign partner”“How quickly can we freeze stolen money?”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global brings in fraud, banking and litigation professionals in each country involved at the same time to preserve evidence, trace the money and seek freezing orders before it moves again.

Usually led by Anti-bribery, sanctions and compliance, with Disputes and arbitration and Contracts and commercial law.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. Day 1WONE Global contacts the receiving bank through local counsel.
  2. Days 2-5Freezing orders sought.
  3. Weeks 2-4Tracing.
  4. ThenRecovery claims.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01What to freeze, preserve and report first
  2. 02Which jurisdictions and authorities are involved
  3. 03Civil recovery vs criminal complaint

Outcomes

What you receive

  • Immediate protective steps
  • Coordinated action across countries
  • Recovery and reporting plan

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Services

The services involved

One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.

  1. Usually leadsAnti-bribery, sanctions and compliance3 markets with a named lead→
  2. Often involvedDisputes and arbitration5 markets with a named lead→
  3. Often involvedContracts and commercial law12 markets with a named lead→

Who handles it

Anti-bribery, sanctions and compliance, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Hong Kongin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. United Kingdomin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. Cameroon WONE Global Partner Kelvin A. Egbe · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  4. China WONE Global Partner Roberto Gilardino · Regional Partner North Asia & additional countries Brief this Partner →
  5. Luxembourg WONE Global Partner Bruno Abbate · Owner - Managing Director Brief this Partner →
  6. India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  7. Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  8. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  9. United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  10. United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →

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Roberto GilardinoShanghai · China

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Dr. Silvia Patricia MaccariPalermo · Argentina

WONE Global Capability Partner · Argentina

Dr. Silvia Patricia Maccari

Lawyer · Maccari Adam & Asociados · Palermo

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Andrzej ZacharzewskiKraków · Poland

WONE Global Capability Partner · Poland

Andrzej Zacharzewski

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Partner · Zacharzewski & Partners Law Office · Kraków

Attorney at Law. Co-founder of the law firm. Provides litigation services to banks and advises corporate clients in international trade. Supervises the work of the Litigation Department and the International Desk. Chair…

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