Why the IRS is catching fewer tax cheats

Spencer Platt/Getty Images Last June, nine Florida residents were sentenced to prison after being convicted of stealing almost $2.7 million from the federal government by claiming $11.1 million in false tax refunds. The individuals used personal information from 2,800 unwitting taxpayers to file 1,466 phony returns to get the refunds. A pair of tax preparers in Atlanta will spend more than six years behind bars following a March 2016 conviction for creating fake, unprofitable businesses to get f...