Davenport Lyons has been ripped off after one of its partners somehow managed to reveal its bank security credentials to con artists.

A source says that hundreds of thousands of pounds was taken from the firm's client account in December. The insider also claims that the partner who was conned into handing over the details was David Gore, one of the firm's litigators, who was suspended for three months and fined £20,000 in 2011 after sending intimidating letters demanding money from alleged file sharers. The firm would not comment on whether Gore was indeed the unfortunate mark, but it so then he's not having much luck...

    A Davenport Lyons partner handing over his bank details so that a cousin of General Abacha can deposit $30m into his account in recognition of his Christian good deeds and international standing, my fine friend.
 
A spokeswoman for the firm said that "we were the victim of a sophisticated external fraud which impacted on the firm’s client account. We reported the matter immediately to the SRA and to the police and the deficiency in the account was fully remedied. The police are conducting an investigation and it would not be appropriate to comment further."
 
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Anonymous 06 March 14 21:42

Abacha's cousin wouldn't reward Christian good deeds! Abacha was about to turn Nigeria into an Islamic state before his rather celebrated demise...

Anonymous 07 March 14 09:45

Daerrr Mr Goore, pleeze can youu forwaaad a feww hundred quids for me old unc in Negeriaa he is worth billions but can't get his money out without your help.

Anonymous 10 March 14 11:02

"sophisticated external fraud" ... If so, how was the "deficiency fully remedied" so quickly? Sounds like it was just a phishing e-mail.