密尔沃基公立学校遭45万美元银行冒充诈骗，银行已追回25.5万美元
威斯康星州密尔沃基县密尔沃基市——密尔沃基公立学校11月3日宣布，学区遭遇一起45万美元的银行冒充诈骗案，已任命代理首席财务官处理善后并配合调查。学区表示，11月2日发现这起由外部人员实施的诈骗，涉及学区在美国银行的资金，银行目前已追回约25.5万美元，仍在努力追回剩余的19.5万美元。
学区宣布，7月入职的副首席财务官 Jennifer Buros 将在调查期间担任代理首席财务官；自2024年9月起担任首席财务官的 Aycha Sawa 目前仍在学区任职。学区已向联邦调查局、威斯康星州情报中心、密尔沃基警察局以及学区自身的问责与效率办公室通报，并启动内部调查。
学区总监 Brenda Cassellius 于2025年3月加入学区。学区表示，将在调查有进展时进一步说明，首要任务是追回资金并堵塞财务流程漏洞，保障学校正常运转不受影响。
（来源：密尔沃基公立学校）
Milwaukee Public Schools Hit by $450,000 Bank Impersonation Fraud, Bank Has Recovered $255,000
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin — Milwaukee Public Schools announced on November 3 that the district was the victim of a $450,000 bank impersonation fraud and has named an acting chief financial officer to handle the aftermath and cooperate with the investigation. The district said it discovered the fraud, committed by an outside party against funds it holds at U.S. Bank, on November 2; the bank has so far recovered about $255,000 and is working to recover the remaining $195,000.
The district said Jennifer Buros, who joined as deputy chief financial officer in July, will serve as acting CFO during the investigation; Aycha Sawa, who has been CFO since September 2024, remains employed by the district. The district has notified the FBI, the Wisconsin Statewide Intelligence Center, the Milwaukee Police Department and its own Office of Accountability and Efficiency, and has opened an internal investigation.
Superintendent Brenda Cassellius joined the district in March 2025. The district said it will share more as the investigation progresses, with the first priorities being recovering the funds and closing the financial-process gaps, while keeping schools running normally.
(Source: Milwaukee Public Schools)
来源：密尔沃基公立学校
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图片来源：图：密尔沃基公立学校行政大楼。Michael Barera 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Milwaukee Public Schools administration building. By Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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