Crime & Safety
Identity Thief Steals Lower Mac Woman's Tax Refund, Police Say
Unknown person filed a tax return in the resident's name and collected the money, troopers say.
The IRS would no doubt agree that it is rare to see enthusiasm in filing a tax return.
File early and the likely reason would be because a responsible citizen is expecting a refund, she needs her head examined or she's up to something.
The conclusion reached by a tax agent who dealt with the early filing by a Lower Macungie Township woman most likely was that she was anticipating a refund. After all, the math must have shown it.
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Of course, there was that other possibility. No, no, not the one about needing her head examined. The one about someone being up to something.
As it turned out, a 55-year-old Mohr Circle resident was expecting a refund, according to state police at Fogelsville. But, someone else filed the taxes in her name and received the refunds instead of her.
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Police did not provide the amount of the refund.
The act was classified as identity theft and took place on Aug. 30, police said.