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WECT INVESTIGATES: How Pender County staff failures led to $650K fraud loss | Fox Wilmington WSFX-TV

BURGAW, N.C. (WECT) – Pender County Manager Colby Sawyer says county staff failed to follow procedures, resulting in more than $650,000 in public funds going to scammers in a fraud scheme now under investigation by the FBI and SBI. Sawyer sat down with WECT for the first time Tuesday to discuss the fraud incident, a month after the county first learned about it. “I’m angry that it happened,” Sawyer said. “This should not have happened. Our staff…
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foxwilmington.com broke the news in on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
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