(Portland, OR) -- The City of Portland has been scammed out of six-point-seven-million dollars. The money came from the Bull Run Filtration Project. The funds were illicitly redirected through a New York law firm to an account in New York. The law firm says it was also scammed and is helping with the investigation. They money has been recovered and is being held by the U.S. Marshals Service. Local and federal law enforcement agencies are working on the investigation.