As income-tax filing season for the 2013 tax year reaches its peak, billions of dollars in fraudulent refunds continue to flow to scam artists using stolen or fabricated identities and fake dependents to take advantage of a major loophole in the way the federal government issues refunds to...
Published: Sunday, March 9th, 2014 @ 1:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In late November, Phillip Brooks from the Union County community of Marshville notified Carolina Journal that his address probably was being used as part of a scheme to collect a fraudulent federal tax refund check. Marshville is the third North Carolina locality - and fourth overall in 2013 - at...
Published: Sunday, December 29th, 2013 @ 11:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Clinton residents Angela Christina Lainez-Flores, 44, and her daughter Karen Mejia, 23, both citizens of Honduras, pleaded guilty as charged in a conspiracy to defraud the federal government through the filing of false income tax refunds.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 10:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Clinton residents Angela Christina Lainez-Flores and her daughter Karen Mejia filed fraudulent federal tax returns for refunds totaling $1.4 million from...
Published: Sunday, June 2nd, 2013 @ 9:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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