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KY: Scott County Schools victim of $3.7 million scam

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Dissent

WKYT reports:

Scott County Schools has announced the district is a victim of a multi-million dollar online scam.

The FBI is now investigating after Superintendent Dr. Kevin Hub said an undisclosed vendor told the district it never was paid for an invoice from two weeks ago. As the district investigated, it learned it fell victim to a fraudulent email disguising as the vendor.

Read more on WKYT.


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2 thoughts on “KY: Scott County Schools victim of $3.7 million scam”

  1. Jackson Jackers says:
    April 25, 2019 at 8:49 am

    Hey that’s my school district

    1. Dissent says:
      April 25, 2019 at 10:52 am

      Did you know about this already or you just found out by reading my site?

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