一名佛罗里达男子因一场2024年的骗局被捕,这次骗局通过伪造金属探测器的购买,从路易斯安那州学校董事会偷走了251 972美元。 A Florida man was arrested for a 2024 scam that stole $251,972 from a Louisiana school board via fake metal detector purchases.

佛罗里达州Clearwater的58岁的Wiley M. Howell于2025年12月被捕,并于2026年1月被引渡到路易斯安那州,因为2024年的一个骗局欺骗了萨宾教区学校董事会251 972美元。 Wiley M. Howell, 58, of Clearwater, Florida, was arrested in December 2025 and extradited to Louisiana in January 2026 over a 2024 scam that defrauded the Sabine Parish School Board of $251,972. 这项计划利用商业电子邮件妥协骗骗雇员为假金属探测器购买资金。 The scheme used a business email compromise to trick an employee into sending funds for fake metal detector purchases. 路易斯安那州调查局通过多家银行和加密货币账户追查了这笔钱,发现Howell迅速耗尽了账户,并将部分资金汇给国外身份不明的个人。 Louisiana Bureau of Investigation agents traced the money through multiple banks and cryptocurrency accounts, finding Howell quickly drained the accounts and sent portions to unknown individuals abroad. 他面临多项重罪指控,包括欺诈盗窃、非法转移资金和洗钱,他仍被关押在Sabine教区。 He faces multiple felony charges including theft by fraud, illegal transmission of funds, and money laundering, and remains jailed in Sabine Parish.