FBI investigation underway after Sen. Jerry Moran’s campaign lost $690,000 to cybercriminals
An FBI investigation is underway after cybercriminals targeted an accounting firm employed by a US senator’s reelection campaign last year, according to a spokesperson for the senator. Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran’s campaign sent two wires for fraudulent invoices totaling $690,000 this past fall, according to a Federal Election Commission filing. About $168,000 has been recovered.
” According to Moran’s spokesperson, “cybercriminals targeted the accounting firm employed by Moran For Kansas and money was wired to fraudulent bank accounts.” The discrepancy, they said, was reported to law enforcement as soon as it “was realized.
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