By Brian Mahany
Every year at election time someone jokes about “voting early and often.” Those jokes often refer to Chicago politicians and stories of dead people voting two or three times. For this story we head west to California where two men have bee indicted for filing 250 refund returns, all fraudulent and all for …
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250 Dead Taxpayers Seek Refund From IRS? Identity Theft Extends Into The Grave.
IRS Gets Poor Grades on Identity Theft Efforts (plus some helpful hints for all victims of identity theft)
by Brian Mahany
Identity theft is a huge problem in this country. According to the FTC, as many as 9 million Americans have their identities stolen each year. So who can we trust to protect us? Unfortunately, not the IRS.
Stories of hackers breaking into business computer systems to steal credit card information and Internet phishing schemes …