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Authorities see rise in identity theft in last days of tax season
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The Hall County Sheriffs Department has received an abnormally high number of identity theft cases related to taxes this year. - photo by Erin O. Smith
In the past eight days, potential victims of identity fraud filed in to the Hall County Sheriff’s Office in droves to make a report. Hall County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chad Mann tallied 54 reports in Gainesville’s main lobby, with identity theft leading the list. The main reports are coming from residents, Mann said, who have tried to file their taxes electronically before today’s tax deadline.