Key Biscayne Police continue to see an uptick of fraud cases in the village, with two new scams, one taking thousands from a local charity and another, separate fraud taking $130,000 in crypto from a resident.
The Key Biscayne Children and Education Foundation, headed by Vice-Mayor Oscar Sardiñas, raises funds for enrichment programs for children. It lost $4,520, but fortunately was able to get the stolen funds reimbursed through Quick Books. Police have not been able to identify a suspect.
On Oct. 1, someone pretending to be Sardiñas sent the foundation’s accountant an email requesting a wire transfer in that amount, according to a police report. But the email address used was not Sardiñas but rather a nearly identical email other than a slight misspelling, the vice-mayor explained…