City owes taxpayers more details about why $280K of their money is gone

Somehow, someone, through wire fraud, stole more than $280,000 from the city of Frederick. That’s about all we know for certain. The administration of Mayor Michael O’Connor has been mum about the crime, allowing speculation to fill in the gaps. The city said last month that it was the victim of wire fraud in connection with the $24.5 million renovation of the former Gov. William Donald Schaefer Building at 100 E. All Saints St. downtown to create a new police headquarters.