Thieves said stolen church funds were to compensate child abuse victims
According to a security blog written by former Washington Post staffer Brian Krebs, scammers who stole $600,000 after breaking into the bank account of a Catholic diocese claim the funds have been earmarked for the victims of paedophile priests.
The criminals allegedly employed money mules to steal the funds from an online bank account belonging to the Catholic Diocese of Des Moines, Iowa last month.
Krebs says that one unwitting money mule was told that the funds were legal settlements destined for the victims of clerical sex abuse. Daniel Huggins explained “The told me it was going to be payouts to some of the settlements in the sex crimes cases against the Church.”
The bank spotted the scam in time to recover $180,000 of the stolen funds. The Church Diocese is covered by insurance and expects to recover its losses.
FBI and Treasury Department officials are said to be investigating the case.
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September 2, 2010
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