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Three thousand inmates received federal tax returns from the IRS while locked up in Florida prisons. In most cases the prisoners simply filed a return making up an income and claiming they qualified for a tax credit but never sent documentation. US Senator Bill Nelson is working with the IRS to stop inmate tax fraud.

“We’ve even had some that would file fraudulent claims were they would receive a homebuyers tax credit,” said Nelson.

Nationwide nearly 300-million dollars in fraudulent claims were paid to inmates.