US manufacturing firm falls victim to email scam that impersonated the firm’s CEO

Synopsis

In May 2014, AFGlobal Corp., a Houston-based manufacturing firm, was targeted in a Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam that resulted in a $480,000 loss for the company. The scam began when Glen Wurm, AFGlobal's director of accounting, received emails...

Companies

  • AFGlobal Corp.
  • Ameriforge Group Inc.

We've done the analysis so you can make the decisions

Search our repository of 6,953 high-quality, objective, peer-reviewed case studies, impacting 7,011 companies and resulting in $47,006,364,473 in net costs

  • Sophisticated search & querying
  • Financial data extracted
  • Key data points captured
Want to try before you buy? You can sample one of our case studies for free here