Warren County recovers more money from $3 million phishing scheme

More money has been returned to Warren County after a phishing scheme targeted the county in December — costing $3 million in taxpayer funds.

CBS6 is told $1.2 million was located by the Secret Service and returned to the county early last month.

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However, in recent weeks, an additional $256,000 was located and returned to the county.

Nearly $1.5 million has now been recovered of the nearly $3.4 million stolen.

Investigators are still actively searching for the rest of the missing money.

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The county says they lost the funds to a basic fraud scheme involving fraudulent payments made to fake accounts.