Person posed as ‘60 Minutes’ producer to hunt for info on secretive Florida land deal

Person posed as ‘60 Minutes’ producer to hunt for info on secretive Florida land deal

For Matt Chipperfield, the request seemed like any other. Since the St. Johns County fishing charter captain first learned last month the state could trade away 600 acres of his community’s pristine wilderness preserve, he’d been speaking to reporters and podcasters to spread information that he hoped would block the deal. So when a person claiming to be a producer for “60 Minutes” called him May 19, Chipperfield figured it was just another inqu…