On Thursday, the Barton County Sheriff’s Office received notification from Barton County Treasurer Kevin Wondra that some of the funds in the recent email scam had been recovered, Sheriff Brian Bellendir said.

In an email received by the Sheriff’s Office, Wondra said a check for $34,360.70 was being sent from Suntrust Bank of Georgia in Atlanta, Bellendir said.  The treasurer went on to say the difference of $14,239.30 had already been withdrawn by parties on the receiving end of the crime.

The case was initially reported to the Sheriff’s Office on May 17 when $48,600 was erroneously transferred from the Treasurer’s Office in an email scam. “In my experience as sheriff, this is one of the very few times we have seen successful recovery of funds in this type of case,” the sheriff said. 

The case remains under investigation, and no suspects have been identified.