Corvallis woman loses nearly $100K in bank fraud

Nearly $100,000 was stolen electronically from a Corvallis woman's banking account late last month, according to a Corvallis Police Department report. The woman, who is a scientist, called police the afternoon of June 29 to report that she was missing $96,770. She noticed the money was missing on the evening of June 26 when she received a bank transfer alert on her e-mail account. According to Capt. Jon Sassaman of the Corvallis Police Department, the FBI is working with local officers to investigate the "unusual” case. Posted in: Account Takeover Identity Theft