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FL: Bay County Sheriff’s Office Busts Identity Thief in Possession of Thousands of Tax Returns from Unnamed Preparer

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Dissent

Jason Hackett reports:

… The trail led back to 26 year old Bryan Loyd and his home in Panama City Beach. Inside they found gym equipment, Michael Koors watches, Ray Ban sunglasses, flat screen TV’s, and other items apparently bought with fradulent credit cards.

However, that was just the tip of the iceberg.

“[We] located a large number of documents with individuals names and addresses and personal information,” investigator Romans said.

Most of that in the form of tax returns, two boxes chock full of them, thousands of files all containing extremely sensitive information.

“Names, social security information, addresses, employer information, pretty much anything that was on the tax return,” investigator Romans said.

Investigators also found notebooks where Loyd allegedly kept record of his victims – with social security numbers and a log of his pricey purchases.

“These poor victims are not even aware that perhaps their information has been compromised,” said Investigator Paul Vecker.

As for the tax returns, BCSO won’t release the name of the tax company because of the ongoing investigation, one that may take a while

Read more on WMBB.

They say the investigation will take a long time (unless, perhaps, he confesses?). What I’d like to know is how he got those returns? Did an employee steal them? Was he ever an employee of a tax preparer? Did a preparer just throw them all out in a dumpster unshredded? Details matter.

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