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The Regions Arena construction area can be seen at right, in a view from the 10th floor of Mobile's Government Plaza.

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By Lawrence Specker Verified
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Mobile’s $14.7 million fraud loss might fit all-too-common pattern

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By Lawrence Specker Verified
| Dothan Eagle Verified
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Mobile’s $14.7 million fraud loss might fit all-too-common pattern

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By Lawrence Specker Verified
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The revelation that the city of Mobile lost $14.7 million to scammers in a single transaction raises a question as big as the amount: How? Mobile Mayor Spiro Cheriogotis has been upfront about the broad facts of the case. He has said that the money represented one in a series of payments related to the construction of the city’s new Regions Arena, and that some kind of “criminal scheme” caused it to be diverted to “a fraudulent entity.” Exactly how that happened, though, hasn’t been made public.
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