UpdatedMon, Jan 25, 2021 at 10:20 am CT
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Over the course of six months last year, a fraudster posing as employees of a district contractor scammed North Shore School District 112 staff, according to district officials. (Shutterstock/Fluid Shutter)
HIGHLAND PARK, IL A hacker who attempted to steal $2.4 million from North Shore District 112 was thwarted last summer with the help of Highland Park police and the FBI, district officials said.
Superintendent Mike Lubelfeld said District 112 was targeted by one or more scammers posing as employees of a district contractor a year ago.
In July 2020, a phony contractor convinced district staff to make a large payment to a fraudulent bank account in New York, Lubelfeld said.