The US government announced on 05 June 2024 that it had filed a civil forfeiture action to recover more than $5.3 million lost by a Massachusetts workers union in a business email compromise (BEC) scam. The unnamed union in Dorchester lost the money in January 2023 when cybercriminals sent it an email that appeared to come from a trusted investment consulting firm. The scammers used a spoofed email address to trick the workers union into believing that the investment consulting firm was reque
