This item was referred by VFA (Valic Financial Advisors) that Michael Bocskey (The Client) has alleged an unknown person has committed fraud against his account by changing the banking instructions and requesting an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) for $6,000.00 to be sent to Sycamore Bank.
CASE HISTORY
The Client purchased a brokerage account with a transfer from First Energy Corp for $447,000.00 on October 11, 2005.
The company received an EFT request in the amount of $6,000.00 from an Individual Retirement Account to a joint bank account on Client’s file at Huntington Bank account number 041000153 and routing number 02660466338. VFA Operations notified the agent that a Standing Payment Instructions was required to establish the EFT link and process the funds to a joint bank account. Later that day, the company received Standing Payment Instructions to add Sycamore Bank account number 4518049 and routing number 084202086 with an electronic signature for Michael J Bocskey.
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The agent informed the Client based on their email conversations, he requested the Company to change the banking instructions to Sycamore Bank and the funds had been processed. The Client stated he had not requested any change from Huntington Bank to Sycamore Bank nor had he had email conversations with the agent. The agent confirmed his Client’s email address and stated he would notify his District Manager (DM) and Sycamore Bank to freeze the
On Friday, 09/23/2016, at approximately 0830 hours, I, Deputy Stacy Stark #1815 met with the reporting party, James R. Boucher (M/W, DOB: 07/25/1959) at the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. I requested James R. Boucher to come to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office to review the Wal-Mart video footage I collected and identify the suspect, James Roy Boucher (M/W, DOB: 03/16/1978) on the video footage.
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In recent years, it seems as if there is a new financial fraud being reported any given day. One could even say that fraud has become almost a much a surety as taxes. Given the opportunities and pressures, many will businesses will fall victim to human natures and suffer losses through fraudulent activities. This case study will follow one such fraud, following the crimes of Terry Scott Welch in his pursuit for happiness by indulging his passion of landscaping.
For Tenth National Bank, we have reason to believe that the client intercepted the paper confirmation. After we sent the paper confirmation to the bank, we received an email from Lou Jennings stating that the bank forwarded the confirmation directly to their office instead of sending it to the audit team. In addition, Mr. Jennings provided login credentials and a link to the bank’s website, which did not appear to be reliable. As per the video, “How to Fight Confirmation Fraud”, presented by the founder of confirmation.com, Brian Fox, a fictitious website can be created easily. Our skepticism toward the reliability of the website is based on the unresponsiveness of most of the links on the site; the only link that works is the login button. In addition the website appeared dated and rudimentary. Another factor we found quite strange is that the website only offers paper statement deliveries, which we find highly unusual since paper statements are easier to modify. Furthermore, based on the tracking provided by USPS, the letter is still in the shipping process with no indication that Tenth National Bank has officially received the request for confirmation. This further supports our theory that Lou Jennings intercepted the Tenth National Bank confirmation letter. In our o...
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The Bank also said that they are going to refund the money to all the customers that were affected by the fraud and that they are also willing to pay all the penalty fees. In my opinion, giving the clients, their money back is a good start good but that is only an external fixture. In order for them to fix the problem from the root, they need to work on it internally too.
He had a revolver in his hand, but he did not point it at them.