The Department of Revenue Services has caught $14 million in fraudulent 2014 tax claims so far, officials announced.
That’s up from $5.5 million a year ago, DRS said.
In February, following news of a data breach at health insurer Anthem affecting as many as 80 million customers, DRS said it was taking additional steps to verify tax returns submitted to the agency. That included sending refund checks to taxpayers’ mailing addresses rather than wiring the money to a specified bank account.
DRS said at the time that it considered less than 1 percent of refunds to be questionable.
