Online Thieves Take $205,000 Bite Out of Missouri Dental Practice
Summary: Organized criminals took at least $205,000 from the online bank accounts of Smile Zone, a Springfield, Missouri dental practice, in 11 transfers including three large wires sent to nearly a dozen individuals around the country on March 22. Office manager Eric Hudkins said the FBI told him it would not open a case below $500,000 in losses and that prosecuting the money mules is near impossible, while Great Southern Bank maintains it is not responsible for the loss.
What's compelling: Businesses have no liability cap for fraudulent transfers - unlike consumers, who are limited to $50 if they report within two days - and the odds of reversing a transfer drop sharply after the first 24 hours. The bank told Hudkins the transfers came from the practice's regular internet connection, the pattern Krebs attributes to Zeus/Zbot tunneling through an infected PC.
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