"According to the report, more than 137,000 phony tax returns were filed in 2012 using a prisoner’s Social Security number to the tune of $1 billion. While many of the fake refunds were flagged and prevented by the agency, the IRS issued $70 million in bogus refunds.This was a significant increase from 2007, when more than 37,000 fake tax returns were filed for amounts equaling $166 million."
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