Foley Hoag’s Colin Zick Secures $208,951 Federal Judgment Holding U.S. Intermediary Liable in International Business‑Email Compromise

"Foley Hoag partner Colin Zick, with co‑counsel Nicholas Rosenberg, won a federal bench‑trial judgment for a New Jersey businessman whose earnout was stolen by an email‑hacking scheme. The court found a Massachusetts intermediary liable for conversion and ordered $208,951.98 plus 12% prejudgment interest after determining he accepted diverted funds into a dedicated LLC/account and forwarded them overseas to a China‑based fraudster despite numerous red flags. The ruling is significant because it holds a U.S. intermediary accountable even though the primary overseas perpetrators could not be reached, highlighting that civil remedies remain available in business‑email compromise cases."