County returns $305,000 seized after cyber attack

In response to a demand letter from JPMorgan Chase Bank in New York, County Attorney Jay Condie recommended that the Commissioners Court return $305,301.75 that was seized in 2023 after a cyber attack.

In May, the county received a demand letter from the Gemini Trust Company on behalf of JPMorgan Chase for the return of the funds. Condie began investigating the claim and reported two findings at the Monday Commissioner Court meeting.

First, that the money taken from the JPMorgan account “was not the money that we had lost,” Condie said. Since the seizure took place several months after the crime, the money from DeWitt County was no longer in the account.