IRS paid out more than $972 million in possibly fraudulent refunds in 2010
1. Tampa ($468.3 million)
2. Miami ($280.5 million)
3. Atlanta ($77.1 million)
4. Detroit ($74.3 million)
5. Houston ($72 million).
IRS says these five cities alone accounted for more than 239,000 questionable tax returns.
Top 5 fraudulent addresses used for Income Tax returns in USA
1. Lansing, Michigan – 2,137 bogus returns for $3.3 million.
2. Chicago, Illinois – 765 returns for $903,000.
3. Orlando, Florida – 703 returns for 1.08 million.
4. Tampa, Florida – 518 phony returns for $1.7 million.
5. Belle Glade, Florida (pop. 17,667) – 741 fake returns for $1 million.
In all, the investigation found that Uncle Sam paid out $5.2 billion to identity thieves filing fake tax returns.
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