Shouldn’t multiple refunds to the same address have been automatically flagged for scrutiny? Oh,I almost forgot, this is the government, architect of Heathcare.gov.
Did you catch the report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration titled “Substantial Changes Are Needed to the Individual Taxpayer Identification Number Program to Detect Fraudulent Applications”? There’s an item contained in the report about 23,994 tax refunds for 2011 being issued to a single address in Atlanta Georgia? The total take here: $46,378,04. How about the 8,393 tax refunds that were sent to one bank account? Total damage: $236,747.