The Tisbury select board this week learned the town has lost $16,000 to a fraudster who changed the payment information for a vendor’s invoice.
Oak Bluffs residents voted to approve over $1 million dollars in spending at a special town meeting Tuesday, allowing the town to cover a stolen grant and move forward with a solar farm over the capped landfill.
Oak Bluffs voters will be asked to take action on some $1 million in spending requests at a special town meeting Tuesday, including one to correct a loss from a cyber scam this past August.
While the town attempts to recoup the money through insurance, town officials say they are planning a special town meeting article to transfer $332,000 to cover grant money lost in the cyber scam.