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Why Florida Leads Nation in ID Theft Income Tax Refund Fraud: IRS Cracking Down

Florida has been in the news a lot recently, and probably not for reasons that promoters of the Sunshine State would prefer. The spotlight is because hundreds of people have been arrested over the past year for identity theft crimes that involved filing bogus income tax returns for thousands of taxpayers, and then having the refund checks sent to the criminal. And more than 33,000 Florida residents have claimed identity theft in the past year.

Isaac M. O'Bannon