Connecticut's Attorney General has turned over the Matthew Yussman case to the FBI, New Britain Police Department Police Chief James P. Wardell said Wednesday.

In February, Achieve Financial Credit Union CFO Matthew Yussman claimed that two men invaded his Bristol, Connecticut home, strapped a bomb to his chest and forced him to rob his own credit union.

However, the home invaders were never found, the bomb turned out to be fake and the credit union's New Britain branch was not robbed on the morning of Feb. 23.

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