Posted on 02/13/2020 4:18:06 AM PST by cll
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s government has lost more than $2.6 million after falling for an email phishing scam, according to a senior official.
The finance director of the island’s Industrial Development Company, Rubén Rivera, said in a complaint filed to police Wednesday that the agency sent the money to a fraudulent account.
Rivera said the government agency transferred the money on Jan. 17 after receiving an email that alleged a change to a banking account tied to remittance payments, according to a police statement.
Manuel Laboy, executive director of the agency, told The Associated Press that officials found out about the incident earlier this week and immediately reported it to the FBI.
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Sounds like an inside job to me.
-——Sounds like an inside job to me.-——
My girl is from Puerto Rico, she say’s the entire democrat run government is corrupt.
I am sure that is right. Bunch of thieves.
I wonder whose pockets it got lost in.
It’s a modern version of the classic fairy tail, “Manuel and frijole stalk”
Not to worry. Some demonrat will get a bill passed to send them $5 million.
How many FBI Officials were involved in sending the suspect email?? I don’t believe any of this crap happens in a vacuum.
Same government officials who let warehouses FULL of hurricane relief supplies ROT.
Until they get all of that corruption cleaned out, I would advise the USA to not send another penny.
Wonder if the email came from “clintonmail.net”
I saw the photos of vast quantities of bottled water not distributed. I also heard that old supplies were not being given out after their expiration date. Crazy, some common sense and safety testing needs to be done and the supplies distributed once and for all.
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