In 2014, a Georgia woman filed a state income tax return that claimed a $94 million refund. The return was fraudulent, but Georgia revenue agents went ahead cut a check for $94,323,148 and invited her to come on down to a bank inside a supermarket to cash it. She was arrested upon arrival. Investigators were tipped off when the woman kept calling the Georgia DOR to check on the refund. (www.wsbtv.com/news/local/woman-arrested-allegedly-filing-fake-94-million-ta/138017395/)
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