São Paulo · Brazil
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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 Risk, Compliance & Financial Integrity, with Disputes & Resolution and Legal & Contracting.
Step by step, in the scenario
- Day 1WONE Global contacts the receiving bank through local counsel.
- Days 2-5Freezing orders sought.
- Weeks 2-4Tracing.
- ThenRecovery claims.
Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.
Decisions
The decisions involved
- 01What to freeze, preserve and report first
- 02Which jurisdictions and authorities are involved
- 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.
Who handles it
Risk, Compliance & Financial Integrity, 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.
- Hong Kongin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United Kingdomin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Brazil WONE Global Partner Luis Felipe Balieiro Lima · Partner Brief this Partner →
- Cameroon WONE Global Partner Kelvin A. Egbe · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
- China WONE Global Partner Roberto Gilardino · Regional Partner North Asia & additional countries Brief this Partner →
- India WONE Global Partner Bhavik Bhanushali · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
- Italy WONE Global Partner Stefano Modena · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
- Jordan WONE Global Partner Osama Abu Shrieha · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
- Luxembourg WONE Global Partner Bruno Abbate · Owner - Managing Director Brief this Partner →
- Saudi Arabia WONE Global Partner Abdulrahim bin Saleh Al-Zahrani · Founding Partner & General Manager Brief this Partner →
- South Africa WONE Global Partner Johan Beer · Partner Brief this Partner →
- United Arab Emirates WONE Global Partner Priju Dominic · CEO & Founding Partner Brief this Partner →
- Zimbabwe WONE Global Partner Thompson Mucheki · Managing Director Brief this Partner →
- Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- 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 →
São Paulo · Brazil
Yaoundé · CameroonWONE Global Partner · Cameroon
Kelvin A. Egbe
Attorney specialized in structuring, licensing, control, project permitting, patents, trademarks & Designs registration, venture financing, trade finance, regulatory intelligence & compliance, Financial markets, natural…
Shanghai · ChinaWONE Global Partner · China
Roberto Gilardino
Roberto Gilardino is Regional Partner at Horizons, supervising the advisory’s activities in North Asia as well as additional countries (including Mongolia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, UAE, Cyprus and Malta).
Mumbai · India
Milan · Italy
Amman · JordanDiscover
Where this case connects
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Markets in the typical case
Services and subject
Worked examples
How it goes in practice
Researched corridor journeys, and representative scenarios on the same subject. None is a specific client’s matter.
- UAE ↔ United Kingdom · researched journeyA UAE company sets up a UK subsidiaryRead the journey →
- United Kingdom ↔ GCC · researched journeyA UK professional or financial services firm opens an office in the Qatar Financial CentreRead the journey →
- Corporation · from Spain · in Mexico, ColombiaA whistleblower reports kickbacks in its Latin American subsidiary.How WONE Global handles it →
White-collar investigations & financial crime
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UNIONE™ · Before You Arbitrate™
If this becomes a dispute, test it first.
Test the claim or the defence, the evidence, the exposure and the settlement options before committing to formal proceedings.
01 · Before signatureBefore You Sign™Get the dispute clause, governing law, seat, notices and escalation steps right while the contract can still change.Review the contract 02 · A dispute is emergingBefore You Arbitrate™Test the claim or the defence, the evidence, the exposure and the settlement options before committing to formal proceedings.Test the claim 03 · A binding decision is neededArbitrationStart, answer or run an administered arbitration under the UNIONE™ Rules, with procedure sized to the value, urgency and evidence.Open arbitration 04 · Before enforcementBefore You Enforce™Plan recognition, assets, jurisdiction and security, including State and State-owned parties, before committing to enforcement.Plan recovery
For this moment
Before You Arbitrate™Independent Assessment™Claim Viability™, Defence Exposure™, Evidence Gap Map™ and Settle or Proceed™, before money is committed to proceedings.Before You Arbitrate™Structured Resolution™Mediation, neutral evaluation and expert determination, run to a timetable.
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