The Navarre Press reported:
The Milton Police Department has arrested Mohamed Bakayoko in connection with a large-scale fraud investigation that resulted in the theft of $852,983.06 from the Santa Rosa County Clerk of Court & Comptroller’s Office.
The investigation, led by the Milton Police Department’s Detective Division, uncovered that Bakayoko was the recipient of funds fraudulently obtained through a business email compromise (BEC) scam. In this case, cybercriminals impersonated a legitimate vendor using a compromised email account, misleading Clerk of Court personnel into updating the vendor's banking details. As a result, over $850,000 was mistakenly transferred into a fraudulent account.
Debra R Richardson, LLC: The fraudster was located in Texas.
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