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CLEVELAND (WJW) -- The Cleveland Public Library sent nearly $400,000 to a fake vendor, since it didn't have proper controls to detect such scams, according to the office of state Auditor Keith Faber.

The auditor noted the June 2024 incident in its yearly audit of the library, released on Tuesday, Sept. 16.

Auditors found library officials changed bank payment information after a request from a scammer pretending to be a legitimate vendor -- what's called a payment redirect scheme, according to a Tuesday news release.

“The library did not have a proper internal control process in place to detect fictitious vendors,” auditors wrote. “… We did note that the library immediately implemented multiple vendor verification measures to prev

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