Thieves get $28 million from state in fraudulent tax returns

Attempted income tax fraud in Ohio jumped 260 percent this year as thieves tried to steal more than $160 million, the Ohio Department of Taxation reports. And the loss rate to fraud last year was about 1.5 percent of all refunds, taxation officials said. While 90 percent of all attempted fraud was blocked, thieves got away with $28 million in 2014.