Pro-Bernie Group Loses Nearly $250,000 to Email Scam – IOTW Report

Pro-Bernie Group Loses Nearly $250,000 to Email Scam

WFB: Our Revolution, a political nonprofit that spun off of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) 2016 presidential campaign, lost nearly $250,000 to an email scam that same year, according to new tax documents.

The 501(c)(4) nonprofit disclosed in its 2017 tax forms, which were filed earlier this month, that they were the “victim of a Business E-Mail Compromise scam that took place in December 2016 but was not discovered until January 2017, resulting in the loss of approximately $242,000 via an electronic transfer of funds to an overseas account,” Politico reported.

“Our Revolution worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Our Revolution’s counsel and an independent cyber-security consultant in an effort to identify the thieves and to recover the funds but, unfortunately, these efforts were unsuccessful,” the group said.  more here

11 Comments on Pro-Bernie Group Loses Nearly $250,000 to Email Scam

  1. So basically you were suckers. Sounds likely. Did you do a background check prior to hiring? Just asking because I do a background check before I rent an apartment.

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  2. And these are the people who want to nationalize health-care, nationalize college education, Mega-Government for all, etc.
    But major idiots people will continue to support these major idiots. There is NO learning curve with liberals.

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