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	Create New Topic   My Posts   My forum buddies   Invite friends   Private messages Russian brides > Main Forum > IRS Scammed Author Post lonelyranger1701 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 11/8/2013 10:30:11 PM   http://freepatriot.org/2013/11/08/fraud-irs-sent-thousands-of-checks-totali ng-over-3-billion-to-scammers/ The IRS has been sending out refund checks overseas in mass quantity, 655 checks have been sent out to just one address in Kaunas, Lithuania, and the IRS failed to recognize the likelihood of an identity theft scam prior to sending out millions in taxpayer dollars to this, and other international locations. Three hundred forty three checks were sent to one address in Shanghai, China, and literally thousands more have been sent to places in Bulgaria, Ireland and Canada throughout 2011. Overall, the Treasury Inspector General for the Tax administration found yesterday about 1.5 MILLION tax returns that are potentially fraudulent, at a taxpayer cost of over $3.2 billion. Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel acknowledges that “refund fraud caused by identity theft is one of the biggest challenges facing the IRS today.” Testifying to a congressional committee in August, he said the agency now has 3,000 employees working on identity theft issues — double what it had last year. Here’s how stolen identity tax fraud typically works: Thieves, using a valid social security number, file a tax return using fictitious withholding forms showing that they’re due a refund, and have those refunds sent to another address. When the real taxpayer tries to file a return, the IRS rejects it. But Treasury auditors have spotted a new wrinkle to this scam, in which the thieves don’t need social security numbers. Instead, they apply for what’s known as an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, or ITIN. An ITIN looks like a Social Security number, but it’s used by people — usually legal and illegal immigrants — who aren’t eligible for a Social Security number. An ITIN looks like an SSN, but begins with a 9 and has a 7, 8 or 9 as its fourth digit. So, for example, the auditors found that the IRS issued 1,947 ITINs to individuals at a single address in Mountlake Terrace, Wash. In 2011, the IRS sent 194 tax refunds totaling $ 554,866 to that same address — for returns that should have raised red flags. ITIN fraud totaled $385 million in 2011, auditors said. The IRS now automatically cancels ITINs after five years. One reason this fraud happens is that the scammers file the returns even before the IRS receives withholding statements directly from employers and other sources of income. Fixing that problem would take an act of Congress giving the IRS quicker access to outside data, said Michael E. McKenney, the inspector general’s top auditor, in the report. In the meantime, the IRS said it has new identity theft screening filters and developed more sophisticated data models to detect emerging fraud patterns. Since 2011, the IRS has stopped 12.6 million suspicious returns involving $40 billion in fraudulent refunds, said spokeswoman Julianne Fisher Breitbeil.~ USA Today Your Reply: Your name:   New Registration Password:   Forgot password?   refresh Code:   Russian brides > Main Forum > IRS Scammed
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