State retirees targeted in scheme to steal pension funds

CONCORD - The Attorney Generals Office and the Department of Justice's Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau is alerting retirees and beneficiaries of the New Hampshire Retirement System about a series of recently discovered fraudulent attempts to redirect pension payments through falsified direct deposit change requests. Earlier this month, the retirement system identified and blocked multiple unauthorized requests to alter direct deposit information for five retirees and one beneficiary. Th...