EVANSVILLE — A person or a group of people have reportedly stolen the identity of an Evansville company and diverted nearly $150,000 of its funds to an unauthorized account, according to Karen Kajmowicz, a spokeswoman with the Evansville Police Department.
Belmont Moving and Freight, a moving company on 2825 Maxx Road, is the victim. Because the fraud has national connections, the police department’s financial crimes unit will be handing over the case to the FBI on Wednesday, Kajmowicz said.
“There are several victims,” said Kajmowicz, citing business partners such as fuel companies in Arizona and California, “but it all stems from (Belmont Moving and Freight) having its identity stolen.”
The investigation is still in its early stages, Kajmowicz said, and it involves numerous complex components.
But what is clear is that the company discovered the incident Monday about 8:30 a.m. and told police that $149,681 had been stolen.
Co-owner Eddie Robbins declined to comment while the investigation is ongoing, but he acknowledged that this is the first incident of its kind for Belmont.
Speaking on behalf of financial crimes investigator James Walker, Kajmowicz said it appears that someone obtained the passwords for Belmont’s business lines and email accounts that dealt with business partners, including banks and fuel companies.
Among other things, the thieves apparently pretended to be company officials and wrote checks against Belmont’s accounts.
Kajmowicz said it appears that there were several checks or small transfers over a long period of time, but investigators don’t yet know when they started.
“I don’t know if it’s in internal,” Kajmowicz said, “but it’s someone that knows how that company (operates).”
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