Woman Scams $2.1 Million With Turbo Tax: Anomaly or Systematic Problem?

by SodaHead News Posted 2012/06/11 19:00:00

Related Topics: turbo tax, taxes, krystle reyes, Debit Card, Oregon State, Fat, Bars, America, Adopt, Oregon, Missing

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	Anomaly	93 votes	31%
	Systematic problem	208 votes	69%

Krystle Marie Reyes almost pulled off one of the biggest fraud cases in Oregon state history. The 25-year-old woman received a massive tax return approved by filing with Turbo Tax by falsely claiming a $3 million income. Even after officials examined the return, she manage to eek out a $2.1 million return, and burned through more than $150,000 before she was caught.

According to Oregon Live, her downfall came when she reported her spending prepaid debit card missing. The report launched an investigation that landed Reyes behind bars. Rep. Vicki Berger responded to the arrest, saying, "They've got some explaining to do to restore the confidence of Oregonians. Is this is an anomaly? If so, let's make sure it never happens again. Or do we have a systematic problem in the way the Department of Revenue treats this and other transactions?"

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george 2012/06/11 22:21:00

Anomaly

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It looks like she ate $150k worth of food.
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Gracie ... to Rdtourist 2012/06/12 01:25:13

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It is the IRS also!

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Rdtourist to Gracie ... 2012/06/12 14:14:53

Nowhere is it stated that this in any way involved Federal IRS fraud.

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Gracie ... to Rdtourist 2012/06/12 14:25:38

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I'm not talking about this story, I'm saying that the same thing is happening at the IRS but they're having much more trouble stopping it, because it's federal.

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Rdtourist to Gracie ... 2012/06/12 14:29:43

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Ah, different stroy, you were not terribly clear, I probably thought you were one of the lemmings baying at the trees along with the rest on here who cannot read English, much less think.,

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Centrist_Bill 2012/06/11 20:28:25

Anomaly

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To err is human the really mess things up takes a computer.

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Salonje 2012/06/11 20:22:40

Systematic problem

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Sadly, this type of thing occurs a lot more than we all think.

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Eliot Loney 2012/06/11 20:22:29

Systematic problem

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The current tax code is the problem; a fair tax would be much simpler.

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COMALite J to Eliot L... 2012/06/12 01:41:31

True. But, a truly fair tax would not be based on a flat percentage of one’s income, but rather proportional to one’s economic class’s participation in the economy.

The Top 400 wealthiest American families control about ½ of the total wealth of the nation. Therefore, they should pay about ½ of the total tax collected.

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denny 2012/06/11 20:14:24

Systematic problem

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i bet she could get a job with obama and his clowns

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LADY LIBERTY SILLY WORDSMITH 2012/06/11 20:12:02

Systematic problem

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The govt caught 1 criminal WHILE 100+ GOT AWAY!

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Rusty Shackleford 2012/06/11 19:34:08

Systematic problem

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I believe that the problem is far worse than the government bureaucrats care to admit and that they only tell us about the ones that they catch.

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rebecca... to Rusty S... 2012/06/11 21:34:14

Yes it is and the reason it isn't caught is because most crooks settle for a relatively low refund,say $2,000.00 to $3,000.00 so naturally that won't raise any eyebrows with the I.R.S. However when it's done thousands of times............

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