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An accountant with the Harristown Road company reported receiving what appeared to be several legitimate emails from its CEO directing a wire transfer to a bank in China for international business purposes, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday.
After realizing it was a fraud, company representatives contacted police.
Unfortunately, the money had already been wired, Ackermann said.
“Overseas wire transfers go through a third-party banking service,” the chief said, adding that his detectives were trying to find the money.
“Due to issues with the coronavirus, China has greatly slowed all business operations and a lot of their bank branches have been closed,” he said.
The investigation was continuing.
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