Court record Complaint filed

800 Columbia Project v. CMB Wing Lung Bank — C.D. Cal. docket

U.S. District Court, Central District of California · 8:21-cv-00278

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Amountover ~$5.6MAmount appears in reviewed public summary; verify the source for scope.

ResultComplaint filedAllegation

HingeWire InstructionsTeaches California Commercial Code wire security procedures and bank refund duties after phishing-driven outbound wires (development account, Newport Beach).

SourceComplaintReviewed source type

File-record question

Teaches California Commercial Code wire security procedures and bank refund duties after phishing-driven outbound wires (development account, Newport Beach).

Limit before takeaway

Complaint and dismissal order reviewed via public federal docket and filing records; settled before summary judgment. Not an escrow-holder case — bank wire lane.

Court / region: C.D. Cal.
Case number: 8:21-cv-00278
Filed: January 1, 2021
Source record: Complaint
Procedural posture: Complaint filed
Money movement stage: At release
Record gap: Authorization gap
Strongest reviewed source: Complaint
Allegation / finding status: Allegation
Disposition: Complaint filed
Last posture checked: 2026-05-31
Reviewed: 2026-05-31

What happened

federal docket shows UCC Article 4A and California Commercial Code wire-transfer claims over ~$5.6M in unauthorized international wires from Newport Beach branch account; case settled Nov. 2022.

What it hinged on

Wire Instructions. Teaches California Commercial Code wire security procedures and bank refund duties after phishing-driven outbound wires (development account, Newport Beach).

Amount involved

over ~$5.6M · Wire amount · Reviewed metadata

Result

Complaint filed

Why this belongs here

Teaches California Commercial Code wire security procedures and bank refund duties after phishing-driven outbound wires (development account, Newport Beach).

Documents to inspect

Wire instructions
Beneficiary verification
Callback log
Outgoing wire confirmation

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What the file needed to show

Current reviewed metadata frames the file issue this way:

Teaches California Commercial Code wire security procedures and bank refund duties after phishing-driven outbound wires (development account, Newport Beach).

Timeline

FiledJanuary 1, 2021

Posture checked2026-05-31

Reviewed for Escrow Cases2026-05-31

Topics

Wire Instructions

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What this record does not show

This reviewed record does not show a court finding that any company or person did anything wrong. The strongest reviewed source is a complaint, and the allegations remain allegations unless later resolved by order, judgment, or other source record.

Limit: Complaint and dismissal order reviewed via public federal docket and filing records; settled before summary judgment. Not an escrow-holder case — bank wire lane.

Reviewed California court records with source links. Allegations are not findings.