Trio posing as DOGE brokers, carrying MAGA hats, demand delicate data

Authorities consider three unidentified males posing as federal officers tried to grab delicate data from San Francisco Metropolis Corridor earlier than they have been rebuffed and fled on Friday afternoon.

At round midday, the suspects approached Metropolis Corridor carrying Division of Authorities Effectivity, or DOGE, shirts and MAGA hats, in accordance with the San Francisco Sheriff’s Division.

The boys entered a number of workplaces, demanding that native staff flip over digital data tied to “alleged wasteful authorities spending and fraud,” the sheriff’s division stated.

Metropolis Corridor staff refused their request and known as the sheriff’s division.

Whereas deputies responded inside the minutes, the lads fled the constructing.

“We don’t consider they have been DOGE representatives,” stated Tara Moriarty, the sheriff’s Director of Communications. “As quickly because the sheriffs have been known as, they walked out of the constructing. They knew that their jig was up.”

The sheriff’s division stated it was reviewing surveillance footage as a part of its investigation.

Precise DOGE staff, led by tech titan Elon Musk, have allegedly tried to entry personal knowledge, together with checking account data and Social Safety numbers, by way of Treasury Division information.

A federal decide blocked Musk’s crew from doing so final week and the decide prolonged the order on Friday.

Musk’s DOGE group was tasked by the Trump administration to eradicate wasteful authorities spending.

Musk was additionally briefly blocked earlier this week from accessing pupil mortgage and monetary help data from the Division of Schooling.