Maryland Cracking Down on Tax Fraud, Identity Theft: Comptroller

BALTIMORE, MD — Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot says more needs to be done to hold fraudulent tax filers and unscrupulous tax preparers accountable.

The state prevented $35 million in tax refund fraud last year, and officials will be on the lookout for signs of fraudulent returns this year as well, Franchot said this week at a security summit at the University of Baltimore.

The most likely targets of tax fraud are low-income residents and senior citizens. At Thursday's summit, participants focused on discrepancies in tax refunds, how to better detect fraudulent filing and how to guard against identity theft.

By Glen Charlton, Capital News Service.

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