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Two in Five Businesses Hit by Invoice Fraud, New Research Finds — Averaging US$367,000 in Losses
New industry research from Ivalua and Sapio Research found 40% of 800 procurement decision-makers across the US, UK, Germany and France experienced invoice fraud in the past 12 months, with affected organisations reporting average losses of US$367,000.
The Email Confirmed Itself. $7.5 Million Went to the Wrong Account.
A Nigerian national was sentenced to eight years in U.S. federal prison for a business email compromise scheme that diverted more than US$7.5 million from two charities — using a second compromised email account to falsely confirm the fraudulent payment.
Bathla Collapse Exposes Downstream Supplier and Subcontractor Risk
Sydney developer Bathla Group entered administration on 25 August with debts above $3.2 billion, leaving subcontractor Delta Foundations owed close to $400,000 as an unsecured creditor — a reminder that supplier risk doesn't begin and end with fraud.
Payment Redirection Fraud Is Rising as Supplier Verification Struggles to Keep Up
Australian businesses lost $166.8m to payment redirection scams in 2025 — up 9.3% on 2024 — as criminals increasingly substitute fraudulent bank details into an otherwise genuine supplier payment rather than relying on a fake invoice.
The Invoice Was Real. The Bank Details Weren't.
A Catholic Development Fund case study of a foiled payment redirection attempt: a supplier's compromised email requested a bank-detail change with a genuine invoice attached, and only an independent phone call caught it before the payment went out.
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