克兰伯里镇政府2600万美元电汇被骗 选后才披露已冻结1730万
新泽西州米德尔塞克斯县克兰伯里镇消息，新泽西州克兰伯里镇政府2600万美元在一宗电汇诈骗中被骗走，镇长Lisa Knierim11月6日在脸书上公布此事，距离11月3日选举日仅三天，引发居民强烈不满。这笔钱原定用于购买土地，以履行该镇的保障性住房义务，于9月28日在一宗欺诈性电汇中消失。镇长在公告中称这是一起“复杂的金融事件”。调查人员至今已冻结1730万美元，仍有870万美元下落不明。克兰伯里警方与米德尔塞克斯县检察官办公室正在联合调查这起案件。公告发布三天前，镇长支持的民主党候选人小Thomas Szychul以63%对37%击败共和党人Carol Harring，民主党得以保持镇委员会5比0的席位。居民质疑镇政府为何在选举后才披露巨额损失，镇政府尚未说明延迟公布的原因，也未公布诈骗的具体手法。调查人员表示，追回剩余款项的工作仍在进行中。
Cranbury Township Loses $26 Million in Wire Fraud; Disclosure Came After the Election, with $17.3 Million Frozen
CRANBURY, New Jersey — Cranbury Township lost $26 million in a wire fraud scheme, Mayor Lisa Knierim announced on Facebook on November 6 — just three days after the November 3 election — drawing strong resident backlash. The money, earmarked to buy land to meet the township's affordable-housing obligations, vanished in a fraudulent wire transfer on September 28. The mayor called it a 'complex financial event.' Investigators have so far frozen $17.3 million, with $8.7 million still missing. Cranbury police and the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office are investigating jointly. Three days before the announcement, the mayor's endorsed Democratic candidate, Thomas Szychul Jr., beat Republican Carol Harring 63% to 37%, preserving the Democrats' 5-0 hold on the township committee. Residents are asking why the township waited until after the election to disclose the huge loss; the township has not explained the delay or revealed how the fraud was carried out. Investigators say efforts to recover the remaining funds continue.
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