Southern Oregon University has recovered less than a third of the $1.9 million it was bilked out of in an email fraud earlier this year.
In April, the university wired $1.9 million to fraudsters posing as the construction contractor for the McNeal Pavilion and Student Recreation Center project. Of that amount, $609,000 was recovered earlier this summer, according to SOU spokesman Joe Mosley.
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FBI Portland Bureau spokeswoman Beth Anne Steele said she wasn鈥檛 aware of any suspects charged in the fraud scheme, known as a Business Email Compromise scam, but wasn鈥檛 able to verify that Tuesday afternoon from the road.
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