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  • More than $600k returned to Ketchikan borough after cyberscam investigation

    ALEX ABBEDUTO, Ketchikan Daily News|Aug 1, 2024

    More than $600,000 was returned to the Ketchikan Gateway Borough last week after the borough’s bank, Wells Fargo, successfully retrieved an accidental Electronic Fund Transfer that the borough made to a fraudulent account earlier this year. Charlanne Thomas, the borough’s Finance Director said that in May, the borough was notified by Wells Fargo that it potentially sent money to a fraudulent checking account at Citibank after attempting to pay for the Dudley Field turf project. The contractor’s email account had been hacked by the scamm...