Field guide
Wire Transfer / Business Email Compromise (BEC)
How it works
Fraudsters compromise casino vendor or executive email accounts to redirect legitimate wire transfers to criminal-controlled accounts, or trick staff into sending unauthorized payments. Attackers phish casino finance employees, spoof executive emails, or compromise vendor accounts. They send payment instructions with altered banking details just before scheduled transfers. The casino sends money to the fraudster’s account.
On the record
Business email compromise is one of the most financially damaging cybercrimes globally. Police said Bally’s Evansville paid a $212,671 invoice after a fraudulent email posing as a construction contractor. A pattern of casinos losing millions across vendor payments, construction projects, and executive impersonation was not found.
Detection & preventionADVISORY
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Published as a detection reference for surveillance, compliance and gaming-operations professionals. Thresholds and tuning are set by the property. Nothing here is instruction: the method is described so it can be recognised.