Trio posing as DOGE agents, wearing MAGA hats, demand sensitive information

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

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

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

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

Whereas deputies responded throughout the minutes, the boys fled the constructing.

“We don’t consider they have been DOGE representatives,” mentioned 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 mentioned 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 information, together with checking account info and Social Safety numbers, by means of Treasury Division information.

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

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

Musk was additionally quickly blocked earlier this week from accessing scholar mortgage and monetary support info from the Division of Training.