Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Deceased Identity Theft - Tue Mar 20, 2012


Senate panel quizzes IRS on tax-return identity theft
MiamiHerald.com
By ERIKA BOLSTAD WASHINGTON -- The IRS and federal investigators say they've redoubled their efforts to combat tax fraud from identity theft, a crime they call "epidemic" in Florida that's spreading nationwide. The Internal Revenue Service identified ...
IRS steps up fight against ID thieves who steal tax refunds
The Republic
One of the weaknesses needing to be strengthened, Nelson said, is a government policy of allowing Social Security numbers of dead individuals to appear online -- a disclosure that enables ID-theft tax fraud. In an investigation last year, ...
Tax return scammers steal IDs and billions
CBS News
... to steal the identities of the dead. In just three years, tax refund fraud has increased by 700 percent - with $2 billion in tax dollars paid out to thieves last year alone. Tips from IRS on protecting yourself from identity theft In December 2008, ...


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