An alert and persistent bank teller thwarted a nearly half million dollar identity theft from Wisconsin’s wealthiest man. As reported by KARE-TV News, a caller to an Eau Claire, Wisconsin bank, who claimed to be Home Improvement Stores CEO John Menard, attempted to transfer $475,000 from Menard’s personal account. The alleged fraudster reportedly had extensive identifying information for Menard, and was somehow able to intercept a telephone call made by a bank employee to him.

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An alert and persistent bank teller thwarted a nearly half million dollar identity theft from Wisconsin’s wealthiest man. As reported by KARE-TV News, a caller to an Eau Claire, Wisconsin bank, who claimed to be Home Improvement Stores CEO John Menard, attempted to transfer $475,000 from Menard’s personal account. The alleged fraudster reportedly had extensive identifying information for Menard, and was somehow able to intercept a telephone call made by a bank employee to him. — William Kresse, director of the Center for the Study of Fraud and Corruption at Saint Xavier University

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