LOCAL NEWS City of Newark falls for Sister City scam: "Whose job was it to do a simple Google search?" - Upgoat

LOCAL NEWS City of Newark falls for Sister City scam: "Whose job was it to do a simple Google search?"
submitted by knightwarrior41 to ClownWorld 2.3 yearsMar 11, 2023 19:40:18 ago (+9/-0) (www.cbsnews.com)
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/newark-sister-city-scam-kailasa/

...Earlier this year, Mayor Ras Baraka

Very embarrassing for the city," Newark resident Jacob Rosario said.

"I truly don't even have words for it," Newark resident Atiyah Harris said.

"I'm really sorry for the city that they got duped in that way," Newark resident Amaris Mitchell said.

'cause not one person said, let me go and Google and figure out this was a fake city," Newark resident Shakee Merritt said.

"This is an oversight, cannot happen any longer," City Councilman Luis Quintana said.

Judging by the names in the article, it's not hard to ser how this happened.