CBS News Minnesota reported:
The search warrant states that unknown actors infiltrated the swim school's email server, where they responded to an email intended for the founder about how he would like his tax distributions paid.
The scammers forwarded along deposit instructions to the swim school's AP Clerk. Between Feb. 17 and Feb. 21, the clerk sent four payments ranging in $29,500 to $127,500 to the scammers.
Then, the scammers told the clerk that they needed more money for a new building in Burnsville, requesting additional funds to go towards construction costs. The clerk fulfilled this request between Feb. 21 and Feb 23, sending two separate payments of $800,000 and $288,244.46.
The warrant later states that the school's IT department discovered an email that the unknown actors had sent from the founder's email saying, ''Brother, I enter the Box and see as everything dey go. I pray she makes the payment. I don leave the Box for you but if everything works out, Do the needful. I dey wait for your reply."
The scammers forwarded along deposit instructions to the swim school's AP Clerk. Between Feb. 17 and Feb. 21, the clerk sent four payments ranging in $29,500 to $127,500 to the scammers.
Then, the scammers told the clerk that they needed more money for a new building in Burnsville, requesting additional funds to go towards construction costs. The clerk fulfilled this request between Feb. 21 and Feb 23, sending two separate payments of $800,000 and $288,244.46.
The warrant later states that the school's IT department discovered an email that the unknown actors had sent from the founder's email saying, ''Brother, I enter the Box and see as everything dey go. I pray she makes the payment. I don leave the Box for you but if everything works out, Do the needful. I dey wait for your reply."
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