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people to file nearly 800 fraudulent tax returns. or abol robleto. another registered sex offender. he teamed with his wife and i.r.s. employee, to file false tax returns in theirs and other inmates names, claiming more than $18,000 in refunds that were not due. it got fairly big. the tax man doesn t know the half of it. according to 2009 data sent by state corrections departments to the i.r.s., 3700 fake income tax returns caught coming out of prison. congress is schedule today begin holding hearings where they will discuss this issue on april 10th. but this isn t the first time congress has tried to tackle inmates stealing your tax dollars. they had hearings on this back in 2005 where the i.r.s. pledged to do better. but now, instead of doing better, the problem is worse, much, much worse. we re talking billions of dollars being requested by prisoners. it s not acceptable. i mean, an honest, hard-working american taxpayer should not be able to have his or her burd