Darien Man Defrauded of $8k: PD

DARIEN, CT—Police are investigating after $8,000 was erroneously wired to an apparent hacker, according to police.

A 58-year-old Darien man was doing contracting work for a security service based in Brooklyn, N.Y. and agreed to transfer $8,000 via wire to a business associate at the security service.

Emails were exchanged to wire money to an account. It was later realized that a very similar email address to the business associate had sent the email with the bogus account information, police said.

The money was transferred to a John Kuhns in Wrightsville, Penn.

Police have no suspects at this point.

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