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IRS refunded $4 billion to identity thieves last year, inspector general's report says
CBS News ^
| November 7, 2013
Posted on 11/07/2013 3:26:28 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The Internal Revenue Service issued $4 billion in fraudulent tax refunds last year to people using stolen identities, with some of the money going to addresses in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Ireland, according to an inspector general's report released Thursday.
The IRS sent a total of 655 tax refunds to a single address in Lithuania, and 343 refunds went to a lone address in Shanghai.
In the U.S., more fraudulent returns went to Miami than any other city. Other top destinations were Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta and Houston.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biggovernment; fraud; identitythieves; illegals; irs; irsscandals; refunds; waste
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
But they’ll come after you if you don’t pay th protection money for the Democrat’s rackett
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I think the prison time for identity theft ought to be at least as it is for selling heroin.
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posted on
11/07/2013 3:29:10 PM PST
by
Maceman
(Just say "NO" to tyranny.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
11/07/2013 3:29:18 PM PST
by
VRWC For Truth
(Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
didn’t zero once claim to have relatives in Ireland ?
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posted on
11/07/2013 3:39:08 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
No time to for the IRS to police fraud.
Too busy abusing their power to persecute Obama’s critics.
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posted on
11/07/2013 3:57:56 PM PST
by
Iron Munro
(When a killer screams 'Allahu Akbar' you don't need to be mystified about a motive.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Despite budget cuts, the agency said, agents have resolved more than 565,000 cases of identity theft this year, three times the number of cases resolved at the same time last year. Budget cuts?
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posted on
11/07/2013 4:01:33 PM PST
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
In the U.S., more fraudulent returns went to Miami than any other city. Other top destinations were Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta and Houston. Hmmm. what do these cities have in common?
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posted on
11/07/2013 4:01:45 PM PST
by
TurboZamboni
(Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
America is a pressure cooker... and it is seeing pressure beyond its specifications.
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posted on
11/07/2013 4:05:38 PM PST
by
LibLieSlayer
(FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS! BETTER DEAD THAN RED!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Despite budget cuts, the agency said, agents have resolved more than 565,000 cases of identity theft this year, three times the number of cases resolved at the same time last year. Agents have resolved cases of identity fraud.
I bet that means that they have determined that a taxpayer was not the person who received an unjustified return. I am quite sure that they have not prosecuted 565,000 fraud cases.
You will note that no where in the article does it say how many cases of tax refund fraud were prosecuted or how much money was recovered. I wonder Why.
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posted on
11/07/2013 4:08:43 PM PST
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Multiple returns to any single address should cause increased scrutiny.Easy enough to discern if family or likely fraud.
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posted on
11/07/2013 4:08:48 PM PST
by
hoosierham
(Freedom isn't free)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
4 billion here, 4 billion there, pretty soon yer talkin real money...
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posted on
11/07/2013 4:08:56 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Wait until we see the results of people hacking the ObamaCare website to steal identities. 4 billion is nothing.
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posted on
11/07/2013 4:13:37 PM PST
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: expat_panama; Toddsterpatriot; Mase
Lithuania makes the news!
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posted on
11/07/2013 4:14:42 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
LOL!
We need to give this efficient government a lot more power, for jobs!
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posted on
11/07/2013 4:42:36 PM PST
by
Toddsterpatriot
(Science is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I suspect this is how the Democrat party is funded.
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posted on
11/07/2013 4:47:36 PM PST
by
aimhigh
To: Toddsterpatriot
And after Robert J. Shiller gets the Nobel prize for econ . . . as soon as the Lugans have something to cheer about, they get wrecked.
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posted on
11/07/2013 4:51:18 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: Toddsterpatriot
And you know what ticks me off the most? I could be sitting in a dacha (Lith: troba, trobelė) spending my days fishing and feeding the ponies, and collecting 600+ checks from the IRS.
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posted on
11/07/2013 4:56:37 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
Now they’re on to this scam. You’ll have to get the checks forwarded to your dacha. Spread out the initial addresses.
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posted on
11/07/2013 5:01:25 PM PST
by
Toddsterpatriot
(Science is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
To: Toddsterpatriot
Frankly, my biggest problem would be:
We hear that you have a nice little operation, tovarishch.
Let me explain how it will work going forward.
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posted on
11/07/2013 5:09:38 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
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