Fraudulent bank orders
Comparison, a basic precaution ?
Célian Hirsch
— 19 October 2022
Not comparing an order received by e-mail with one received by post? A serious error, according to Federal Court ruling 4A_425/2021. Following the death of a customer, a Swiss bank required the heirs to send the bank account instructions by post, in order to obtain the signatures of all the heirs. In practice, the account manager has regular telephone conversations with the deceased's son. The latter tells him that the heirs must pay EUR 141,599.85 to the notary in charge[...]