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Freeze applications on the receiving account as the first step, before the counterparty realises anything is wrong.
Small and mid sized businesses are targeted through the relationships they depend on. A supplier that takes payment and never ships, a buyer that collects goods on credit and disappears, or an invoice that arrives with altered bank details at exactly the right moment.
Dubai Legal Expert helps businesses across the UAE respond to fraud by counterparties, combining recovery action with the verification procedures that stop it happening again.
The recurring cases are advance payment fraud where goods never arrive, credit fraud where a new buyer takes delivery and vanishes, invoice redirection, and trade documentation fraud involving false shipping or quality documents.
Almost all of these share a common feature. The counterparty was never verified before the relationship began, and the checks that would have prevented the loss take under an hour to perform.
Contact UsRecovery action where payment was made for goods or services that were never delivered.
Cases where goods were supplied on credit to a buyer who disappeared or was never genuine.
Response where payment was diverted through altered bank details on a genuine looking invoice.
Matters involving false shipping documents, quality certificates or letters of credit documentation.
Verification procedures implemented so new suppliers and buyers are checked before exposure is created.
Freeze applications on the receiving account as the first step, before the counterparty realises anything is wrong.
Establishing whether the company actually exists, holds a valid licence and has any assets worth pursuing.
Shipping, quality and payment documentation examined where the fraud involved false paperwork.
Complaints filed alongside civil recovery, since together they produce more pressure than either alone.
A simple counterparty check implemented for new suppliers and buyers, which prevents most repeat exposure.
An honest view on recoverability, so limited resources go to the claims that can actually produce money.
In the majority of business fraud cases we handle, the counterparty either did not exist, held no licence for the activity, or had a trading history that would have raised immediate concern. None of that was checked before the payment was made or the credit extended.
The verification that would have prevented the loss is inexpensive and quick. We implement it as part of every response, because recovering half of one loss is worth far less than preventing the next three.
Freeze, verify, recover, then close the gap.
We establish what was paid or supplied, to whom, and what documentation and communications exist.
A freeze application is filed on the receiving account or against identifiable assets.
We establish whether the company exists, holds a licence, and has assets that make recovery realistic.
A complaint is filed where the facts support it, alongside civil proceedings for recovery.
Judgments are enforced through garnishment, attachment and travel restrictions where available.
A counterparty verification process is implemented to prevent repeat exposure.
The buyer took two containers on credit and disappeared. The company had been licensed for three weeks when we dealt with them.
The verification checklist they gave us has stopped two questionable suppliers since.
Payment is made for goods or services that are never delivered, usually to a counterparty that either does not exist or has no capacity to supply.
Licence status, activity, ownership and trading history can all be verified, and the checks take under an hour to perform.
Prospects depend on whether the receiving account can be frozen quickly and whether anyone identifiable is behind it.
Usually yes. A complaint alongside civil recovery produces more pressure and can trigger steps a private party cannot take.
Recovery action proceeds against the buyer and any guarantors, with attachment and travel restrictions where the conditions are met.
Verify every new counterparty before creating exposure, and verify any change of bank details by phone on an independently held number.
Bring us the invoices and correspondence, and we will handle recovery and prevention together. The first consultation is free.
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