The city of Mobile has published a timeline of the $14.7 million cyber fraud scheme. Mayor Spiro Cheriogotis had previously described several missed warning signs in an interview with NBC 15 News last Friday.
Timeline of Events:
May 22: Initial contact
The person posing as a representative of BL Harbert International first contacted the City’s Finance Department on May 22, 2026. The message presented the request as a routine vendor-record update, stating that the company needed to submit an updated form but no longer had access to the usual process following a staffing change. This began a series of communications that continued for more than four months.
May 26–27: False documents submitted and vendor record updated
City staff provided the standard vendor information packet used when businesses establish or update their information. On May 26, the impersonator returned completed forms…
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