Crime & Safety
Phony Email Causes Employee to Wire Company's $101,000 to Thief
The email purported to come from the company chief financial officer but the email address was off by one letter.
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A 50-year-old Stamford employee of a New Canaan business received an email that appeared to come from his boss, the chief financial officer of the company, and directing him to wire $101,000 to a Miami account, which the employee did.
To his regret.
The email, it turns out, had one extra letter in it, and so it wasn’t from the boss, but from some unknown thief who’s now $101,000 richer with the company’s money.
New Canaan police were informed of the fraud on April 8. Detectives are investigating the matter.
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