Virginia man arrested after a Boca Raton business deposits nearly $300K into wrong account

Videoabove:NewsandweatherheadlinesforJuly29AVirginiamanisfacingafinancialfraudchargeinPalmBeachCounty.JosephP.GormanJr.,41,ofHarrisonburg,Virginia,wasarrestedWednesdayandchargedwithgrandtheftover$100,000.AccordingtoareportfromtheBocaRatonPoliceDepartment,onOct.7,2024,abusinessownerinBocaRatoncontactedthepolicedepartmentinreferencetofraud.Yourneighborhood:LocalcoveragefromWPBF25NewsOneofthevendorsofthebusinessinformedthebusinessownerthatithasnotbeenpaidinthelastfourmonths.Itwasdiscoveredthatthebusinessownerwassendinginvoicestoanemailaddressnotassociatedwiththevendor.BetweenJune20,2024,andOctober3,2024,thebusinessmadeatotalof16paymentstoanaccountthattheythoughtwasassociatedwiththecorrectvendor.Instead,thosepaymentswenttoanincorrectentity.Thepaymentstotaled$297,835.92.Becauseoftheerror,thebusinesshadtorepaythevendorformissedpayments.Aninvestigationrevealedthatthefundswereactuallysenttoasavingsbankaccount.A