Florida man...million dollar tax refund?!

[Sancho]

A Tampa man reported an income of $18,497. The IRS sent him a refund check for $980,000.

https://www.tampabay.com/business/a-tampa-man-reported-an-income-of-18497-the-irs-sent-him-a-refund-check-for-980000-20190213/

TAMPA — At a time when millions of Americans are bemoaning their smaller-than-expected tax refunds, consider this:

Ramon Christopher Blanchett of Tampa once got a refund of $980,000. On a reported income of $18,497.

One W-2 showed $17,098 in wages and $1 million of federal income tax withholding. In reality, the complaint says, Blanchett was paid just $2,098 and no tax was withheld.

By this time, the IRS had realized it had a problem. Pursuant to a federal seizure warrant, an IRS special agent took custody of the Lexus and the remaining $919,251 balance in Blanchett's accounts. The IRS is trying to get back another $809, the amount Progressive Insurance refunded to Blanchett after he cancelled his policy because he no longer had the car.

[Vinca]

1. It's sad someone is so dumb they a)keep the money and b)don't hide it somewhere.

The common thread among criminals is stupidity.

[RKP5637]

2. My dog ate the money!

[PeeJ52]

4. Should have invested in tRump property...

then he could have kept it...

[customerserviceguy]

5. While we're making lists of who's dumb

Why not include the IRS on it for failing to realize that you cannot have a million dollars worth of withholding on a wage of only five figures? That's something you can program into a computer to pick up fairly automatically. If X (amount withheld) exceeds Y (amount of gross income) then beep! something's not right here.

[Bigredhunk]

3. Sounds like Sophia on "Golden Girls"

Classic!

[montana_hazeleyes]

6. This guy is something else. LOL

After all that he got the refund from his car insurance policy because he canceled because he no longer had the car...

[DFW]

7. And he hung around?

Why didn't he transfer the money to some haven like Andorra, Gibraltar or Liechtenstein, get a modest house in the south of Spain somewhere, and wait out the statute of limitations? Now Mnuchin has it back, which means Trump has it back.

[Sancho]

8. there has to be an island somewhere close!

[DFW]

9. You would think!

Caymans, Bermuda, hell, maybe even Cuba.

[obamanut2012]

10. The DR has no extradition to the US, either!

[Sancho]

11. I'll remember that in case the IRS sends me a million this year!