1.0Office Hong Konghttps://www.amsadvocaten.comSjoerd Yntemawaw/blog/author/sjoerd-yntema/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="waw/blog/contract-law/payment-into-a-hackers-bank-account-at-the-risk-of-the-hacked-creditor-or-the-paying-debtor/">Payment into a hacker’s bank account: at the risk of the hacked creditor or the paying debtor?</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){var r,a,i,s,n,o=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]');for(r=0;r<c.length;r++)c[r].style.display="none";for(r=0;r<o.length;r++)if(a=o[r],e.source===a.contentWindow){if(a.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;a.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),n=l.createElement("a"),s.href=a.getAttribute("src"),n.href=t.value,n.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===a)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),d.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;var e,t,r,a,i=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),s=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),n=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content");for(t=0;t<n.length;t++){if(!(r=n[t]).getAttribute("data-secret"))a=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),r.src+="#?secret="+a,r.setAttribute("data-secret",a);if(i||s)(e=r.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),r.parentNode.replaceChild(e,r)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="waw/blog/contract-law/payment-into-a-hackers-bank-account-at-the-risk-of-the-hacked-creditor-or-the-paying-debtor/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Payment into a hacker’s bank account: at the risk of the hacked creditor or the paying debtor?” — Office Hong Kong" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>waw/app/uploads/2021/07/paul-felberbauer-idNOBU5k_80-unsplash-1-scaled-1.jpg25601440In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands gave its opinion on the question as to who will have to bear the risk of a payment made into an incorrect bank account, when a fraudster (often a hacker) poses as the creditor and the debtor, based on statements from this fraudster, makes a payment into an incorrect bank account. This ruling is of major importance for (international) business practices in an increasingly digital world. Lawyer Sjoerd Yntema, who specialises in the law of obligations, discusses this ruling.