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Cases · Capital & assets · Payments, FX, digital assets & treasury

Urgent Recover a payment lost to invoice fraud

We paid a fake invoice to a fraudster's account abroad. Can we get it back?

WONE Global brings in fraud and banking professionals in the receiving country to request a recall, seek freezing orders and trace the funds.

Countries in the typical case Netherlands · Hong Kong

The situation

What is happening

You paid an invoice to bank details that turned out to belong to a fraudster.

What is at stake

Funds are usually moved on within days; after that recovery becomes much harder.

Who faces this

  • Corporations
  • Mid-sized companies
  • Founders and growing companies
  • Private clients and families

A scenario

DistributorMid-sized company · from Netherlands · in Hong Kong

It paid EUR 250,000 to new bank details from a spoofed supplier email, and the money landed in Hong Kong.

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

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

Also asked as “Business email compromise”“Payment sent to wrong bank details abroad”“An international payment was diverted through invoice fraud”“Someone has impersonated our CEO to divert payments”“A bank transfer was redirected to a fraudulent account”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global brings in fraud and banking professionals in the receiving country to request a recall, seek freezing orders and trace the funds.

Usually led by Disputes and arbitration, with Banking and capital and Anti-bribery, sanctions and compliance.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. First hoursRecall requested.
  2. Days 1-3Orders sought in Hong Kong.
  3. Weeks 1-4Tracing.
  4. ThenInsurance claim.

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

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01How quickly the receiving bank can be reached
  2. 02Which court orders are available where the money went
  3. 03Whether insurance or your bank share liability

Outcomes

What you receive

  • Urgent recall and freezing requests
  • Court orders in the receiving country
  • Claims against insurers or banks where possible

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 leadsDisputes and arbitration5 markets with a named lead→
  2. Often involvedBanking and capitalArranged on request→
  3. Often involvedAnti-bribery, sanctions and compliance3 markets with a named lead→

Who handles it

Disputes and arbitration, 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. Netherlandsin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. Argentina WONE Global Partner Dr. Silvia Patricia Maccari · Lawyer Brief this Partner →
  4. Kenya WONE Global Partner James Ngochi Ngugi · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  5. Poland WONE Global Partner Andrzej Zacharzewski · Partner Brief this Partner →
  6. Saudi Arabia WONE Global Partner Abdulrahim bin Saleh Al-Zahrani · Founding Partner & General Manager Brief this Partner →
  7. Zambia WONE Global Partner Reagan Blankfein Gates · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  8. India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  9. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  10. United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  11. United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  12. 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 →

Dr. Silvia Patricia MaccariPalermo · Argentina

WONE Global Capability Partner · Argentina

Dr. Silvia Patricia Maccari

Lawyer · Maccari Adam & Asociados · Palermo

She is a lawyer, graduated from the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires. She took his first steps in the nation's judiciary, in the National Labor Court, where he developed a rapid caree…

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…

Reagan Blankfein GatesLusaka · Zambia

WONE Global Capability Partner · Zambia

Reagan Blankfein Gates

Managing Partner · Reagan Blankfein Gates Legal Practitioners · Lusaka

Reagan started his career in practice at Mainza & Company where he had interned while pursuing a bar qualification at the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education (ZIALE) in 2008. Upon being called to the bar, Reaga…

Kelvin A. EgbeYaoundé · Cameroon

WONE Global Capability Partner · Cameroon

Kelvin A. Egbe

Managing Partner · Midas Law Group · Yaoundé

Attorney specialized in structuring, licensing, control, project permitting, patents, trademarks & Designs registration, venture financing, trade finance, regulatory intelligence & compliance, Financial markets, natural…

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