Scammers Target Host of US and UK Firms Amid 'Heightened' Lockdown Risk
Firms including Morgan Lewis and CMS have been targeted by scams.
May 20, 2020 at 05:27 AM
4 minute read
Four U.S. firms are among a group of legal practices that have been targeted by scammers since the start of the coronavirus crisis.
Shearman & Sterling; Debevoise & Plimpton; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius; and Latham & Watkins have all been subject to a range of scamming attempts, according to information published on the U.K. Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) website.
Other firms such as CMS, Blake Morgan and Winckworth Sherwood have also been targeted by fraudsters. In total, 23 separate scam attempts have been recorded by the SRA since the start of the U.K.'s coronavirus lockdown March 23.
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