By Nauman Khan ( November 10, 2026, 3:00 PM EST) -- Payment-redirection fraud remains a persistent risk for Ontario lawyers who handle trust funds. A fraudster learns that a transaction is under way, often by monitoring a compromised mailbox on one side of the file. Shortly before funds are to move, a message arrives that appears to come from the lawyer, a law clerk, the client or opposing counsel. The tone is routine, but the banking details have changed. If the new details are not independently verified, the funds go to the fraudster, and recovery depends on how quickly the receiving institution can freeze them....