I-TEAM: Local title company mistakenly wires nearly $1 million in apparent scam

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office (EBRSO) has opened an investigation after a local title company wired nearly $1 million to what is now believed to be a scammer.

Law enforcement records show that on August 7, 2025, workers with the title company contacted the EBRSO to inform investigators of the situation.

The sheriff’s department has since issued a search warrant to try to determine the owner of the bank account that the money was sent to…

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