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Business email compromise

Same-day freezing requests across three countries

frozen across 3 countries
$1.2M
Jurisdiction
United States · UAE · Cyprus
Time to outcome
6 weeks
Written and reviewed by the cftrace Recovery deskTRACE AI INVESTIGATIONS LTD · company no. 16828440Last reviewed 17 August 2026

What happened

A supplier payment was diverted after an email thread was intercepted and the payment instructions altered. The wire was split across three corporate accounts within hours of arrival.

Route the funds took
Wire transfer → layered corporate accounts → partial crypto conversion

How it ran, step by step

  1. Day 0

    Client's finance team called the same afternoon the payment cleared.

  2. Day 0

    Recall request raised with the originating bank and freezing requests filed in all three receiving jurisdictions.

  3. Week 1

    Two of the three accounts frozen; the third had partially converted to crypto and was traced on-chain.

  4. Week 6

    Preservation confirmed on the full frozen balance pending civil proceedings.

What the client paid

No upfront fee. Refundable compliance deposit and pre-agreed legal disbursements only.

How the deposit works
What this case teaches

Corporate cases are won in the first eight hours. If you suspect a diverted payment, call your bank and us before you investigate internally.

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