# Woman files for fake 2.1 mil tax refund and.... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 11, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748 "2012-06-11T12:04:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748/1 "2012-06-11T12:04:30Z")
… wow > Choose easy! The woman who used TurboTax to falsely claim a $2.1MILLION tax refund and went on a spending spree until she was caught > Krystle Reyes claimed to have $3million income while filing online return > Claim was examined by officials… but they thought it was genuine > 25-year-old busted when she reported spending card missing > A woman who was given a $2.1million tax refund after filing a false claim went on a massive spending spree until she was caught. > Krystle Marie Reyes was only caught after she reported the Visa card containing the seven figure sum had been lost. > By that time she had already spent more than $150,000, including buying a car and other household items. > Arrest: Krystle Marie Reyes is accused of computer crime and aggravated theft after misusing TurboTax > The 25-year-old from Salem, Oregon, had used Turbo Tax to file her income tax return for 2011. > She claimed earnings of $3million but used the tax calculator programme to claim a refund of $2.1million, Oregon Live reported. > Due to the size of the refund, her electronic claims was examined by several people within the Oregon Revenue Department. > > Incredibly, they approved the payout and Reyes was sent a visa card by the tax preparation computer programme containing a balance of $2.1million. > Prosecutors said she went on a spending spree and spent more than $150,000. > She later reported the card missing, prompting an investigation which uncovered the massive fraud which is believed to be the biggest in the history of the state of Oregon. > Fishy: Due to the size of the refund, her claim was examinedthe Oregon Revenue Department (pictured) > Reyes, according to an arrest affidavit, paid $2,000 in cash for a 1999 Dodge Caravan and used the card to buy $800 worth of tires and wheels. > She was also caught on CCTV cameras using the card at various outlets. > According to the probable cause statement, Reyes spent $13,000 in Marion County over two days in February, $26,000 in March and more than $35,000 in April. > The statement says the fraud was discovered May 7 by the issuer of the debit card after Reyes reported a ‘second card’ as lost or stolen. > Oregon Department of Justice agents arrested Reyes on Wednesday at a Northeast Salem address. > The apparent ease with which Reyes was allegedly able to defraud the state revenue department has stunned officials. > ‘They’ve got some explaining to do to restore the confidence of Oregonians,’ Rep. Vicki Berger, R-Salem, who serves as co-chair of the House Revenue Committee told the [OregonLive.com](http://OregonLive.com). > ‘Is this is an anomaly? If so, let’s make sure it never happens again. Or do we have a systematic problem in the way the Department of Revenue treats this and other transactions?’ > The revenue department processes about $7billion in tax returns each year on computer systems designed in the 1980s. > In January, the state’s chief operating officer, Michael Jordan, pulled the plug on a $100million computer upgrade that the department said would pay for itself by finding tax cheats. > In 2010, the state reported $559 million in delinquent taxes, mostly from unpaid personal and corporate income taxes. > Revenue officials estimate that, in 2006, Oregon’s personal income tax compliance rate was 81.5 percent - far lower than other states - and translating to $1.2billion in unreported or uncollected taxes that year. > Reyes has been charged with aggravated theft and computer crime. > She was released from Marion County jail and is due in court on July 5th. ![http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/10/article-2157246-138B38EE000005DC-324_306x386.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/3/f/3f48f50e48c1097afa66321cd07587ab26a09fda.jpeg) Read more: [Woman goes on $2.1m spending spree with tax return given to her in error... and may have to hand it back | Daily Mail Online](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2157246/Woman-goes-2-1m-spending-spree-tax-return-given-error--hand-back.html) ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748/2 "2012-06-11T12:09:05Z")
I bet she would have got away with it picking a more reasonable number. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748/3 "2012-06-11T12:11:30Z")
I just love how it got inspected by several people before it was approved… then how she goes out with all the money and buys a beat dodge caravan. ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748/4 "2012-06-11T12:18:34Z")
> [@theblue](#): > > I just love how it got inspected by several people before it was approved… then how she goes out with all the money and buys a beat dodge caravan. and $800 worth of wheels/tires LAWL I know this is about state taxes, but I wonder what sort of impact this has outside of Oregon…such as Federally…(if any?) ---
**Author:** ![Geoff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geoff/32/6104_2.png) [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748/5 "2012-06-11T12:21:53Z")
Damn, busted before she had the chance to buy some eyebrows. ---
**Author:** ![honda4life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/honda4life/32/5300_2.png) [@honda4life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/honda4life)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748/6 "2012-06-11T12:34:33Z")
Lol she should of bought a makeover before anything else, and since when is a 1999 dodge caravan a brand new car? I wonder if it was directly deposited if she would of got away with it? ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748/7 "2012-06-11T12:36:27Z")
this thread could go on for ever with wicked one-liners ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748/8 "2012-06-11T12:45:16Z")
I just don’t understand how no one goes “gee, she’s claiming a $2.1M refund for over-payment, lets make sure there is a payment…oh… ANYWHERE IN THE BALLPARK from this SSN” ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748/9 "2012-06-11T12:51:54Z")
> [@theblue](#): > > I just love how it got inspected by several people before it was approved… then how she goes out with all the money and buys a beat dodge caravan. I can’t decided on which is actually worse. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748/10 "2012-06-11T12:55:15Z")
Should have cashed out and moved to Singapore ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748/11 "2012-06-11T13:01:54Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > Should have cashed out and moved to Singapore You’d never hear from me again… ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748/12 "2012-06-11T13:52:12Z")
> [@Geoff](#): > > Damn, busted before she had the chance to buy some eyebrows and lipo. Fixed ---
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748/13 "2012-06-11T13:59:47Z")
> [@walter](#): > > I just don’t understand how no one goes “gee, she’s claiming a $2.1M refund for over-payment, lets make sure there is a payment…oh… ANYWHERE IN THE BALLPARK from this SSN” THIS. What in the fuck are they doing over in Oregon? ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748/14 "2012-06-11T14:15:56Z")
Officials became suspicious when the woman spent $18,642 at various fast food restaurants…in one afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748/15 "2012-06-11T14:37:17Z")
Officials became suspicious when the woman spent $18,642 at rent-a-center. ---
**Author:** ![honda4life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/honda4life/32/5300_2.png) [@honda4life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/honda4life)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748/16 "2012-06-11T15:51:15Z")
Who really over Looks something like this lol ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748/17 "2012-06-12T07:43:47Z")
I didn’t think she’d be white, but I can’t tell ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748/18 "2012-06-12T07:48:39Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#): > > Officials became suspicious when the woman spent $18,642 at rent-a-center. LOL, I’m rich now, I’d like to rent one of everything please. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748/19 "2012-06-12T07:55:58Z")
Lol that’s like the lady who won the lottery but was still getting welfare. They showed her on the news with her “brand new car” and it was like an '08 Cobalt that was beat up. ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748/20 "2012-06-12T08:04:16Z")
> [@Spam16v](#): > > You’d never hear from me again… Yup I’d be in Brazil or someplace. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-files-for-fake-2-1-mil-tax-refund-and/223748.md?page=2)