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Fraudsters Posing as Art Dealer Got Gallery to Transfer Millions
Hackers posing as a veteran London art dealer tricked a Dutch museum buying a John Constable painting into paying 2.4 million pounds ($3.1 million) into a fraudulent bank account. Scamming their way into the middle of months of negotiating emails between Simon C. Dickinson Ltd. and Rijksmuseum Twenthe, the imposters persuaded the museum to transfer the funds to a Hong Kong bank account. Now, the Enschede, Netherlands-based museum is suing Dickinson for damages, claiming the dealer had a duty to maintain its cybersecurity. The dispute in a London court may come down to which side can convince the judge they weren’t ... (full story)