The letters U and C in construction were transposed in an email address to impersonate an email payment request from Pepper Construction to Athens, Ohio, officials for a municipal project. The city now is suing unknown cyber criminals to recover some of nearly $722,000 sent to a requested bank account. Lawsuit image courtesy of McDonald Hopkins LLC The city of Athens, Ohio, has recovered more than half of some $722,000 stolen in a 2024 cyber fraud scheme that impersonated an e-mail invoice from contractor Pepper Construction. U.S. Attorney David Waterman in Iowa's southern district  has also brought criminal charges  against Chijioke Timothy Odimegwu and Harafat Mogaji , described as "members of the U.S. Air Force" stationed at the service's base in Dover, Del., accusing them of cyber theft against more than one dozen victims, also noting that Athens could be added to the total if the fraud was found to be caused by them.…