Saw this article in Accounting Today where an H & R Block Manager in Van Nuys used previous tax client data to prepare fraudulent tax returns and use H & R Block debit refund cards to take almost $10,000 in cash from them (there si probably more.) While you can’t directly blame Block directly, there is obviously a breakdown in their internal procedures and security when something like this happens.
Here is the article by Michael Cohn:
http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/HR-Block-Manager-Arrested-Identity-Theft-Tax-Clients-62102-1.html?ET=webcpa:e2337:204199a:&st=email&utm_source=editorial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WebCPA_Daily_032612
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