Wire Fraud Recovery Investigation
E3 Legacy Intel traces stolen wire transfers to identify where the money went, who moved it, and the mule accounts involved, then builds the evidence you need for a bank recall, a lawsuit, or an insurance claim. As licensed investigators (FL A-1400197) with a proprietary intelligence platform, we follow the funds and name the actors, not just document how the breach happened.
When a wire is gone, the questions that decide recovery are simple: where did the money go, who received it, and can it be proven? That is the investigation we run.
Stolen wire transfers, traced hop by hop
Secure the evidence
We preserve the wire records, fraudulent invoice, email headers, and payment instructions in a defensible way before anything is lost or altered.
Reconstruct the path
We map the transfer from your account to the receiving bank and outward, establishing the route the funds traveled and the timing of each move.
Identify the mule accounts
We surface the first-hop account and the downstream accounts used to layer and cash out, exposing the network that received the money.
Identify the actors
We connect the accounts, domains, and communications to real identities, so you know who is behind the fraud, not just an account number.
Package for action
We assemble the findings into evidence your bank, your counsel, and your insurer can act on immediately.
Mule-Account Identification
First-hop accounts
The account that first received your wire, usually opened with a stolen or synthetic identity and drained within hours.
Layering and pass-through
The chain of accounts used to break the trail, move the money between institutions, and obscure the destination.
Cash-out and crypto off-ramp
Where the funds finally leave the banking system, including conversion to cryptocurrency, which we trace on-chain where it applies.
Kill-Chain and IC3 Recovery Asset Team Support
Recovery has a clock on it. We align our findings with the FBI IC3 Recovery Asset Team process, which can freeze funds at the receiving institution when a qualifying domestic wire is reported within 72 hours, and we document the full kill chain so your bank has grounds to act on a recall and law enforcement has a case to open.
Two packages: one for the bank, one for the court
Bank recall package
The documentation of fraud and causation your bank needs to pursue a recall and SWIFT recovery quickly.
Litigation package
Affidavit-ready findings supporting a John Doe action against the mule accounts, garnishment, and fraudulent-transfer claims.
Insurance package
A loss file documenting the compromise, the transfer, and the causation a cyber or crime policy requires to pay.
Stay Protected
90-day post-incident monitoring
After the engagement we watch your environment for re-compromise, new inbox rules, and credential reuse for 90 days.
Vendor-payment verification
An ongoing program that independently confirms new or changed payee bank details before you pay, stopping the fraud at the source.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you recover money lost to wire fraud?
How do you trace a stolen wire transfer?
What is a mule account?
Do you work with our bank and law enforcement?
How is this different from a BEC investigation?
Results
When a six-figure vendor payment had been sitting in an overseas bank for roughly a month, we traced the transaction from the point of interception forward, identified the people behind the receiving account, moved to freeze the funds, and the client recovered the full six-figure sum within a few weeks. When a $500,000 payment was intercepted and wired overseas, the forensic record we built persuaded the vendor directly, without pushing the client straight into litigation, and the client recovered $250,000.
Two of our wire fraud matters are written up in full: a six figure wire, gone overseas, recovered in weeks, and a $500,000 loss and a partnership worth saving.
Your Examiner
Matt Aubin, CDFE, FBCI
Managing Partner, E3 Legacy Intel · FL Licensed Investigator A-1400197
Every matter on this page is worked under a named, licensed examiner. Matt Aubin brings seventeen years in cybercrime and open source intelligence. He is a Certified Digital Forensics Examiner (CDFE), a Florida Board Certified Investigator (FBCI), and a Certified AI Agent Developer, and he has investigated cases jointly with the FBI, the SEC, the U.S. Secret Service, and the U.S. Marshals.
His work has been featured on ABC News, Spectrum News, and The Daily Beast, and in a television pilot for Netflix and MAC Pictures as a cybercrime expert. He keynotes nationally and serves on the Board of Directors of the Florida Association of Licensed Investigators (FALI). About Matt Aubin
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