Officials recently charged 42-year-old Stella Mae Zebic with felony theft, claiming that she “controlled and distributed the funds while in DeKalb County” last year.
“The victim received a spoofed email claiming to be from her closing attorney while in the process of purchasing a home in June of 2021,” the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a news release. “Believing that the email was legitimate, the victim followed the instructions to wire closing funds in the amount of $155,477.46 to a bank account.”
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