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A Tax Scam To End All Tax Scams

Jun 11, 2012, 9:34 AM | Updated: Oct 11, 2024, 1:31 pm

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An Oregon woman was arrested for falsely claiming a $2.1 million tax refund. She got her money and spent $200,000 of it before she was caught. You can read the full story at The Oregonian.

We’re having trouble figuring out how someone could so easily scam the government out of so much money.

–Producer Andrew

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