Woman Finds a Tax Glitch and Collects 2.5 Million

25-year-old Krystle Reyes from Salem used Turbo Tax (hugely popular program) to prepare her taxes and faked her 2011 income tax return when she reported earnings of $3 million and claimed a refund of $2.1 million. The kicker is she got it! Even after the IRS looked over her return because of the enormous refund and found it legit.

She requested the refund be placed on a prepaid Visa Debit Card when she spent $150,000 of it before she decided to bleed the government even more.

She went on a massive shopping spree and bought a 1999 Dodge Caravan, and $800 for wheels and tires. By then, she was under surveillance and video shows her swiping the debit card.

She didn't get caught until she got greedy and reported her debit card was stolen and wanted the money to be replenished on the card which prompted a full blown investigation.

Wow now that is what i call nutsssssss! Do you think this woman was just plain dumb or was it greed?

Lips

I know who is dumb and it ain't just her. I mean how could they review her tax return and figure it's legit. OMG! Seriously! I'm in awe that she had the coconuts to claim theft of the card.

Oh and may I ask why she bought a 1999 Dodge Caravan with a $2M refund? The whole thing is just crazy.

omfggggg lmaoooo i thought the same darn thing! I was thinking should the story really be about her scamming the gov on taxes or the fact she bought a 1999 Caravan with 2.5 mil to spend!

I think she was both dumb and greedy.

Clever in the first instance but dumb and greedy for reporting her card stolen.

blue

that is a crazy story lol

good that she got caught, but im totally shocked they actually did it lmao o well crazy things happen sometimes haha

LuckyRJ

I think she was greedy. IRS clearly made a mistake and she used  that but how that happened I really can't understand. She just should have stayed quiet but I guess greed made her stupid.

Stupidity and greed often go hand in hand. At least in this case they did.