Jen Stacy showed me this story that just crossed the AP wire:
Nearly 1,300 prison inmates wrongly received more than $9 million in tax credits for homebuyers despite being locked up when they claimed they bought a home, a government investigator reported Wednesday. The investigator said 241 of the inmates were serving life sentences.
The story goes on to say that the IRS has blocked 400,000 applications and started 150 criminal investigations.
Thoughts on this? Have you claimed the homebuyer credit? Comment or email me at melissa.yeager@winktv.com.
Tune in tonight at 5pm--we're looking into a new scam targeting renters in Southwest Florida. Man, these scam artists are getting sneaky!
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