Identity Thieves Filed for Tax Refunds

[exfileme]

Thieves tried to fool Uncle Sam, only to be beaten down by Captain America.

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[LORD_ORION]

Wait, so he only got caught after being ratted out and then while he was under surveilance?

Is it any wonder these criminals get away with it so easily?

 

[ms1191]

How many exactly, get away with it so easily?

 

[thejerk]

Two of the best names in criminal history.

 

[zoemayne]

So there are probably other people doing this they just haven't been caught the IRS seems to not be countering this(or are just too stupid/slow gov).

 

[darkknight22]

This is why if you want to do something evil, you do it alone and you don't tell anyone.

 

[Supertrek32]

Okay, now I'm not in any way saying it's a bad thing they got themselves caught, but I can't help but wonder...

It was $4 million split between 2 people. Why didn't they quit while they were ahead? You could live pretty happily off that.

 

[Guest]

Now see, this is a perect case of would be or wanna be Robin Hood, get the best tax refund for the customer so that they can get more credit for the customer later, unbeknowinced, not a real word now is it, +world -l Webster.

John2ko1

 

[kingnoobe]

Easy answer super. Greed. The reason most thieves get caught even the good ones. They always tend to go for more and more.

I am glad they caught they guys, but I hope that narc gets what he has coming. Then again since he helped catch these guys he probably wont' get crap, and these guys don't seem like the type to kill. Can't say I would feel sad if I heard this guy found in a lake.

 

[ssddx]

kingnoobe: I agree that he should get what is coming to him, albiet perhaps with a *slight* break. However, I disagree that he should be found in some lake for snitching. If you're doing evil and someone snitches.. who is really to blame? yourself. Nevermind the fact that the snitch is a criminal already.

In all seriousness though: I hope the IRS takes this as a leason learned. Fix your system.

 

[zak_mckraken]

I'm still amazed every time I read a story involving stealing the identity of dead people. I mean... wth? Don't their software have protection for that? Here's a free hint for them :

SELECT * FROM T_TaxReturnQuery WHERE Status='NOT DEAD';

 

[Hunter844]

These guys have some gonads to go about doing what they did. Stupid beyond belief but if it wasn't for a snitch they would have kept doing it and that's the scary part. It is good to know that by direct depositing the IRS doesn't really look at your returns.

 

[wawa sxm]

[citation][nom]kingnoobe[/nom]Easy answer super. Greed. The reason most thieves get caught even the good ones. They always tend to go for more and more.[/citation]

that what happens when you steal money, you dont know the value and would spend what someone would make in a year in a week, like a drug dealer with no bank account

 

[gm0n3y]

Generally the most hazardous part of being involved in the criminal underground is not from your own missteps, but from other criminals ratting you out. If you've ever seen the show 'Masterminds' its usually either some random chance or some lackey getting busted on drug charges and ratting them out. Though sometimes its just greed.

 

[sliem]

@zak: maybe the the person was alive before the audit. There maybe also a delay in the "receive list of deceased SSN holders" process.

As for these two greedy criminals, let them rot in prison. Let that prison rot then put them in a new prison. Stealing ID itself deserves you a lifetime as you do not deserve to steal a life that is not your own.

 

[rooket]

@sliem, a new prison would cost the fed more than $4 million to build.

 

[TeraMedia]

@sliem

I want them outta my courtroom. I want them outta my town.

Perhaps the theft laws in Saudi Arabia might be more to their liking. It's awfully cumbersome to type with just one hand.

 

[grieve]

[citation][nom]supertrek32[/nom]It was $4 million split between 2 people. Why didn't they quit while they were ahead? You could live pretty happily off that.[/citation]
This seems to always happen. when is enough? 1 more time? 5 more? 100 more?
Greed started the theft and greed ended it!

 

[gm0n3y]

Yeah, but how many do quit when there ahead? We never hear about them because they don't get caught. Its easy to think that all criminals are stupid / greedy, but those are just the ones we hear about.