Clara Robert, an interior architect based in Paris, suddenly lost control of her company due to a Kbis fraud. The Kbis is a legal document, similar to a business identity card, used in many administrative and commercial processes in France. On the morning of September 8, Robert tried to access her professional account and was surprised to see a prompt asking if she wanted to create her company. Upon investigation, she discovered that a new director had been registered with her company using forged documents, including a fake general meeting minutes and a fabricated resignation letter. These documents were submitted to the Nanterre registry office, which validated them without informing Robert and issued a new Kbis to the fraudster. The fraudster then used this new Kbis to access Robert’s bank account, requesting changes to her account details and removing her access. The bank accepted these requests without verifying the legitimacy of the documents. Robert explained that the bank refused to freeze her accounts because the Kbis was officially issued by the Nanterre registry office. She now has the name and contact details of the fraudster and has filed a complaint, but she remains unable to regain control of her company and bank account. The investigation must prove that the documents used were forged, a process that could take time. Robert believes the fraudster obtained her identity card, which was necessary to validate the director’s resignation and the general meeting minutes. She suspects her identity card was compromised during a data breach in May when she submitted it online for her insurance. The rise in Kbis fraud has been linked to the increased use of open data and artificial intelligence, which can be exploited to create convincing fake documents. To help prevent such fraud, Corine Andrieux, a corporate law attorney at the ACD firm, suggests that business owners can set up alerts for changes to their Kbis through certain private business information websites. These alerts can notify owners of any unauthorized updates to their company’s legal documents, potentially allowing them to act quickly to prevent fraud.