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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Fresno Unified officials announced Friday that the territory was a people of cheque fraud and they person recovered $4 cardinal successful funds.
Unified officials accidental the fraud progressive attempts to currency unauthorized checks from the territory to 1 of its vendors.
According to territory officials, they person been cooperating afloat with instrumentality enforcement and investigative agencies. They accidental not agelong aft learning of the fraud, the Department of Homeland Security reached retired to corroborate they had recovered retired that this fraud was a portion of a larger cheque fraud ring.
Unified officials accidental the probe revealed that respective checks totaling astir $7 cardinal were fraudulently attempted. They accidental that done swift action, astir $4 cardinal successful funds were prevented from being lost.
According to officials, to day immoderate of the stolen funds person already been recovered, and they expect that each remaining funds volition beryllium recovered.
Fresno Unified says that they person investigated internally, revisiting their controls and processes to guarantee they are keeping up with the ever-changing scenery of fraud.
The schoolhouse territory says that though the County of Fresno is simply a signatory connected the checks, they had nary engagement successful this fraud and carnivore nary work for the actions that took place. They accidental that the region has assisted the territory since the opening of the probe to guarantee the imaginable betterment of funds.
