The plaintiff municipality was the victim of a cyber-fraud scheme where an unknown individual impersonated a contractor and diverted a payment of $201,285.86 to a fraudulent bank account.
After obtaining a Norwich order to identify the account holders, the plaintiff sued the defendants and noted them in default.
The court granted default judgment for the diverted funds, ordered the release of frozen funds held by the bank, and awarded $100,000 in punitive damages to deter such highly reprehensible misconduct.
Full indemnity costs were also awarded.
