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Feds: 2nd Cali Man Laundered $560,000 Stolen From Bergen Man, $285,000 In Gov't Loan Scheme
A second California man has been charged in an email scam that cost a Bergen County property owner $560,000 – and there could be more, federal authorities said.
Anthony Debose Hannah, 57, controlled an account where co-conspirator Eric Bullard wired $230,000 of the money, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said.
Bullard, 59, of Los Angeles had hacked an email account at a law firm representing the victim, then wrote to the client with instructions to wire the $560,000 into an escrow account identified as “Eric’s Commercial LLC,” Honig said.
The day the transfer was posted, Bullard was s…