Iowa firm lost $800K to fake invoices; feds recover $375K four years later

In 2022, an Iowa company transferred over $800,000 to a scammer through a business email compromise scheme. The scam involved fraudulent vendor invoices, which led employees to believe the payments were legitimate. Although the government recovered roughly $375,000, the bulk of the funds remains unrecovered. Investigators traced part of the fraud proceeds to a Wells Fargo account before resorting to legal action.