CLEVELAND, Ohio — When a Parma Heights finance employee opened an email in June 2023, nothing seemed amiss.
The email from a contractor who fixed a road as part of a joint Cuyahoga County and Parma Heights project sought payment for the city’s portion of the bill—$504,576.01
The city wired the money to the account listed in the email, just as the city does about every day to pay for expenses…