IRS Employee Stole Data To Forge $8M In Fraudulent Returns

coondoggie writes "A former Internal Revenue Service employee this week got 105 months in prison for pleading guilty to theft of government property and aggravated identity theft in a case where the guy tried to get away with nearly $8 million in fraudulent tax returns. The U.S. Department of Justice said Thomas Richardson used his inside knowledge of IRS operations to commit his crime, which was pretty audacious. According to the DOJ, Richardson admitted that within a two-day period, April 15 to April 17, 2006, he filed or caused to be filed 29 fraudulent 2005 individual income tax returns totaling $7,922,657."

Comments

Re:Just another crime...

[uncanny]

and the problem is?

Re:Obvious answer....

[sco08y]

Send him to Gitmo!!! He's obviously an Terrorist Evildoer(tm) bent on destroying the American Economy!!!

Haven't you heard? There's a Democrat in the White House, so Gitmo and the drone strikes are no big deal.

Re:This is bullshit

[Ethanol-fueled]

Today I was discussing tickets from red-light cameras with a co-worker, and he said something profound -

" That ticket cost me over 400 bucks, and I didn't even run the light, I turned into it. Over 400 bucks! I fought it and lost. It was three days of work's pay for me - it's really no different than going to jail for three days! "

And then he added:

" so I wrote my councilman, Carl DeMaio, and I didn't even get a canned response. What a beady-eyed, weaselly, rat-finked motherfucker. "

Re:Cheaters

[phantomfive]

Consumption taxes are inherently regressive. Even if you manage to flatten them out with rebates, typically the middle class ends up paying the highest rate. Which is why, although I want a flat, across the board tax, I will never support a consumption tax.