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    Jul 29, 2010, 08:02 PM
    Someone Illegally cashed my refund check
    Someone Illegally cashed my refund check. What can happen to this person?
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    Jul 29, 2010, 08:03 PM

    Someone Illegally cashed my refund check. What can happen to the individual?
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    Jul 30, 2010, 12:22 PM
    Depending on the level of the refund, the person who illegally cashed the check has committed:

    - Check fraud
    - Simple theft or Grand theft.

    That is at the STATE level. Cashing someone else's refund check is also a FEDERAL crime, on which the IRS takes a rather dim view.

    You of course have to report the theft to the IRS in order to recover the refund.

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