US charges 25 in South Florida in $36 million identity theft, tax refund fraud sweep

Twenty-five people accused of using thousands of stolen identities to claim $36 million in fraudulent tax refunds have been arrested in the latest South Florida sweep, federal authorities said Thursday


http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/04/03/us-charges-25-in-south-florida-in-36-million-identity-theft-tax-refund-fraud/

that's a lot of stolen identities.

I remember this being a problem last year, especially in south Florida.

Nekochan wrote:I remember this being a problem last year, especially in south Florida.    

yep, Miami is terrible for fraud. On so many levels.

You think by now they could have figured out a way that people could not file all these false returns. I remember a story last year that one person up north got millions from one address by fraud using this method. All immigrants btw