The thief, posing as the head of HBOS plc, stole .7,000 in one day. The thief was believed to have obtained one of Hornby’s old bank statements and used it to pose as Hornby. Hornby makes more than.1 million a year as head of Britain’s fourth largest bank. He joined The Halifax as chief executive in 1999 and shot to British banking’s elite status after it merged banks in 2006 and HBOS’s stock rocketed skyward.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/social-engineering-hits-brit-bank-head-victim-fraud-a-945