Colorado town duped out of $1M paid to scammer instead of bridge-building contractor, official says

A small town in Colorado was reportedly defrauded out of more than $1 million in October when officials sent money meant for the contractor of a new bridge to a fake account, town administrator Malcolm Fleming said Monday. The sum of $1,016,233.80 was transferred to an unknown suspect purporting to be with SEMA Construction, which Erie, Colo., had hired to build the Erie Parkway Bridge.-- More...