<story><title>Father and Daughter Convicted for $100M Fraudulent Tax Refund Scheme</title><url>https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/fort-lauderdale-father-and-daughter-convicted-trial-involvement-100-million-fraudulent</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>dang</author><text>Earlier part of the story: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justice.gov&amp;#x2F;usao-sdfl&amp;#x2F;pr&amp;#x2F;daughter-father-charged-filing-lottery-ticket-tax-refund-claims-seeking-175-million&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justice.gov&amp;#x2F;usao-sdfl&amp;#x2F;pr&amp;#x2F;daughter-father-charged...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Submitted article was &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.idahoreporter.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;florida-man-got-3-4-million-in-tax-refunds-from-irs-after-claiming-to-win-lottery-he-never-won-authorities-say&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.idahoreporter.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;florida-man-got-3-4-millio...&lt;/a&gt; (&amp;quot;Man got $3.4M in tax refunds from IRS after claiming to win lottery he never won&amp;quot;). Changed via &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=21873501&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=21873501&lt;/a&gt;.</text></comment>
<story><title>Father and Daughter Convicted for $100M Fraudulent Tax Refund Scheme</title><url>https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/fort-lauderdale-father-and-daughter-convicted-trial-involvement-100-million-fraudulent</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>drakenot</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m surprised at the large sums of money the IRS was willing to send out with essentially zero validation.&lt;p&gt;These people were claiming they had paid the IRS millions of dollars and were due massive refunds, but there is nothing in place to check what the IRS has &lt;i&gt;actually&lt;/i&gt; received from individuals before cutting 6-7 figure checks?</text></comment>