Town's trust nearly spent - Bankrupt from Nigerian Scam

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Thomas Katona, 56, was all those things as he oversaw Alcona County finances for more than a decade. But now Katona is a prisoner in the local jail, accused of violating one of rural northeastern Michigan's most hallowed tenets:

Police and prosecutors say Katona lost at least $186,500 in county funds last year to one of the notorious Nigerian investment frauds, the kind of seemingly transparent schemes that people delete from their e-mail boxes every day. The damage, authorities say, may be much worse. An ongoing audit so far concluded more than $1.2 million in county money is missing. Police say Katona also lost $72,500 from his personal bank account.

http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=69515

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:04 pm

And still, they keep falling for it Shocked

419Eater is my life Joined: 12 Dec 2003 Posts: 482

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