Income Tax Scams From Behind Bars (2:35)

Income Tax Scams From Behind Bars  (2:35) [Vocabulary]   ♧ scam : n. 신용 사기   ♧ behind bars : 옥중에서, 수감되어   ♧ deadline (for) : ~의 마감시간, 최종기한   ♧ file tax returns : v. 납세신고를 하다   ♧ (the) Internal Revenue Service(IRS) : 연방조세법을 관할하는 미국 재무부 산하기관   우리나라의 국세청에 해당   ♧ cheat : v. 속이다, 속여 빼앗다   ♧ criminal prosecution : n. 형사기소, 형사처벌/고발   ♧ inmate : n. = prisoner   ♧ flush : v. 왈칵 쏟다, 흘러나오다, 물을 가득 채우다   ♧ infamous : a. 수치스러운, 악명 높은, 지독한   ♧ go hog-wild with A : A에 대해 몹시 흥분하다, 즐거워 어쩔 줄을 모르다   ♧ fictitious : a. 거짓의, 허구의 소설적인, 창작적인   ♧ withhold : (세금 등을) 임금에서 공제하다, 원천 징수하다   ♧ due : a. 정당한, 당연히 받아야 할   ♧ convicted : a. 유죄판결을 받은   ♧ phony : a. 가짜의, 허위의, 거짓의   ♧ fraudulent : a. 거짓의, 허위의   ♧ enlist : v. 찬조/협력/지지를 얻다   ♧ in concert with : a. ~와 제휴하여, 연합하여   ♧ correctional officer : n. 교도관   ♧ prosecute : v. 기소하다, 구형하다   ♧ concede : v. 인정하다, 부여하다   ♧ track down : v. 추적하다, 추적하여 잡다, 찾아내다   ♧ verify : v. 증명/입증하다, 확증하다, 조회하다, 확인하다   ♧ legitimate : a. 합법적인, 적법의, 정당한   ♧ deserve : v. ~할만하다, ~값어치가 있다, ~하는 것이 당연하다     Tomorrow is the deadline for filing our tax returns and the IRS says hundreds of thousands of tax payers cheat every year. It costs the government more than 200 billion dollars. Last year, 3,000 tax cheats faced criminal prosecution. And surprisingly, some of them were already behind bars. ABC's David Muir has our report tonight in our special series on taxes.   As an inmate in this prison in Florida, Daniel Naple was flushed with cash and lived like a king.   "I had my food brought to me, and newspaper laid on my bed every morning."   That's because Naple, now free, was among the first to figure out what has become an infamous prison scam to cheat the IRS.   "We just went hog-wild with it."   Using the names of other inmates, Naple filed hundreds of false tax returns, creating fictitious W-2 forms in the prison library. They made it appear the inmates had jobs at real companies, had taxes withheld and were due a refund.   "And, say, if we used a  on Gillette, the following year we'd use that same name and Social Security number on General Motors."   Naple, a convicted car thief, says he collected hundreds of thousands of dollars before the IRS finally caught on.   "There was so much money going around that institution that it was unbelievable."   The phony refund scam is now spread to prisons across the country. The IRS says it stopped $53 million in fraudulent prisoner refunds last year, but that more than $10 million still got through.   "They attempt to enlist either family members, friends or people outside the prison to assist them. They have in some instances worked in concert with correctional officers."   The IRS prosecutes hundreds of inmates every year, but concedes it cannot go after everyone. And tracking down the money once it's gone is often difficult.   The heart of the problem is that the IRS computers cannot quickly verify whether a W-2 form is legitimate.   "You could stop it if you decided not to give refunds until you were sure the person deserved it. But if you did that, 100 million Americans who deserve refunds would wait years for a refund check."   And that's something America's prison inmates know very well.   "I could do one today and send it out tomorrow and we could have a check in your mailbox in a couple of weeks." David Muir, ABC News, New York.