A member of the Tampa Bay Rays ownership group was the victim of an internet hacking scheme originating in Nigeria that led to the theft of nearly $40,000 and the subsequent arrest of a couple in Texas, police said.
Randy Frankel, one of 18 investors in the team, told St. Petersburg police in February of an issue with an email from his assistant's AOL account to a Rays email account containing instructions to Wells Fargo Bank for payment of a dividend from a common private investment account.
Investigation by the economic crimes unit found that the $38,326.