Identity thieves hit 4,800 Western New Yorkers last year in tax refund fraud

[From BuffaloNews.com]

Tax deadline day dawned especially darkly last year for an estimated 4,800 Western New Yorkers, thanks to identity thieves who filed fake tax returns in their names in order to steal their tax refunds.

That’s the message Sen. Charles E. Schumer brought to a conference call with reporters Wednesday as he joined a push in the Senate to force the IRS to respond more quickly to those tax frauds…

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