(Dyersville, IA) — Over half-a-million dollars in federal money has been stolen from an Iowa city.
The Dubuque County Auditor says the county complied with an email request to transfer over 524-thousand-dollars in American Rescue Plan money to a bank account they thought belonged to the city of Dyersville. But someone had hacked the city’s email system and created a phony email address and bank account.
The county sheriff’s office is investigating. There’s no information on who is suspected of the crime.
