California man Alec Tahir Baker indicted for a $9 million phishing scam affecting businesses and Bristol, Rhode Island.

Alec Tahir Baker, a 60-year-old California man, has been indicted for a fraud scheme involving phishing emails that defrauded businesses and the town of Bristol, Rhode Island, of nearly $9 million. Baker and his co-conspirators accessed computer networks to manipulate banks into transferring money to accounts they controlled. He faces charges including money laundering, bank fraud, and identity theft. Baker was arrested in Texas and is set to be arraigned in Rhode Island.

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