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AF-SCN-1602Payment fraudMENA / EU
Mandate Harbor
A burst of authorisations through a fintech gateway: forged merchant IDs and a fast cash-out.
Anonymised composite scenarios assembled from recurring matter patterns. They are not promises of outcome.
- Reference
- AF-SCN-1602
- Region
- MENA / EU
- Duration
- 5 mo.
- Related case
- $3.4M
Challenge
The traffic ran during business hours and mimicked existing merchants. Compliance saw ‘normal’ volume.
Approach
We matched descriptors, MCCs and settlement files, isolated the anomalous branch and initiated a hold with the acquirer.
Outcome
$2.1M held before settlement. Gateway rules were changed. A criminal file went to counsel.