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    NY inmate guilty of seeking $890M in tax refunds

    SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A jury has convicted a New York prison inmate of falsely filing tax returns seeking $890 million in refunds.

    Prosecutors say the man filed the bogus returns from 2006 to 2010 while at various state prisons. They say he even was issued a refund for $327,000 — but prison officials intercepted the check and returned it to the Internal Revenue Service, which led the investigation.

    The man was convicted Thursday of 11 counts of filing false claims and one count of helping another inmate file bogus returns.

    He was serving two to four years for possession of stolen property when he was charged last February. He faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 on each count when he's sentenced in May.

     

    25 comments

    • Bad Bob  •  Milwaukee, Wisconsin  •  3 mths ago
      Come on guys, you gotta admire a man who knows how to think big.
    • Grrrrr  •  San Carlos, California  •  3 mths ago
      Well this shoots to hell the theory that prison is a deterrent.
    • Sambo  •  Knoxville, Tennessee  •  3 mths ago
      The IRS must have a lot of very stupid people to get scamed the way this guy took them.
      • Larry 3 mths ago
        The 327,000 USD refuned does I suppose support your claim.
    • A Yahoo! user  •  3 mths ago
      The IRS should hire him when he gets out!
    • Travis  •  3 mths ago
      He faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 on each count when he's sentenced in May.

      Yeah. That will surely get paid.
    • bob  •  3 mths ago
      He should've had the check sent to a relative.
    • Gary  •  Milford, Connecticut  •  3 mths ago
      we should just send all the prisoneers to Iran
    • Dusty  •  3 mths ago
      He used his prison locations to claim the home ownership exemption.
      • Wayne 3 mths ago
        And the riots created uninsured losses. All the while the mortgage debt deduction was claimed as the prison has yet to pay off the public debt bonds.
      • John 3 mths ago
        I worked in a prison and saw it done. I saw the check.
    • coloradian  •  Tokai-shi, Japan  •  3 mths ago
      the irs issued a check, this article will encourage more crime. easier then going into a bank with a gun
    • Larry  •  3 mths ago
      He is only acting like a Bank!
    • Jake  •  Wyoming, Minnesota  •  3 mths ago
      How can inmates file taxes?
      • Michael 3 mths ago
        Well, if they had a real job the previous year....
    • RE  •  Pontiac, Michigan  •  3 mths ago
      fkem killem all!
    • BrianP  •  Tacoma, Washington  •  3 mths ago
      I think it's funny! How can someone get a $300,000 tax refund and not get audited?!
    • Love it or leave it  •  3 mths ago
      release him immediately, we need fresh blood and new thinking in washington DC.
    • Zero Gravity  •  3 mths ago
      I think we can now see why the US Government is BROKE ! Now if these MORONS could only figure out what happened to Wall Street and the Collapse of the mortgage industries, and the economy ! HINT : THEY OUTSOURCED JOBS AND STOLE THE REST !
    • Trucker Jim  •  3 mths ago
      Why did the prison officials have to uncover it?? Why couldn't the IRS find it? The IRS is filled with losers!
    • cretin  •  League City, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      stooge
    • Lupus Yonderboy  •  3 mths ago
      This is what happens when you cut funding to the IRS. The bigger crooks usually get away with it though. See: Mitt Romney
      • Larry 3 mths ago
        Simplify the tax code and all this goes away, including most of the IRS but then that would increase unemployment I suppose.
    • love1  •  Jonesboro, Arkansas  •  3 mths ago
      It seems the IRS gets dumber and dumber with every tax season...sigh...
    • Garr Obo  •  Warren, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      I can't get over how these #$%$ judges give these criminals these outlandish fines which will never get paid. I guess it lets the state keep them in jail at a cost to the taxpayers of abou ttwenty thousand dollars a year. Reeeeeeeealy smart of them.
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