Either this woman is extremely stupid, mentally ill or both

[CatWoman]

Woman arrested for allegedly seeking fake $94 million tax refund

COBB COUNTY, Ga. —

State investigators have arrested a woman accused of seeking a tax refund of more than $94 million.

Now investigators say they are looking for the woman's relative, whom they say also filed a fake tax return.

Channel 2 Action News was at a Cobb County supermarket as Brigitte Jackson was arrested at the bank counter inside the store.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s $94 or $94 million. We’re going to go after you and hold you accountable,” said Georgia Department of Revenue Special Investigations Chief Josh Waites.

Investigators said Jackson tried to trick the state into paying her the fake $94 million tax refund. But investigators said they stayed one step ahead.

Waites said investigators asked Jackson to come to the supermarket to pick up her $94 million refund check. That’s when she was arrested.

She is facing five charges, including attempted theft by taking and conspiracy to defraud the state.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/woman-arrested-allegedly-filing-fake-94-million-ta/nhWqX/

[Vinca]

1. LOL - go big or go home I guess.

[louis-t]

2. Or go to the grocery store to pick up your refund.

What the ?

[Cali_Democrat]

7. LOL

This story is cracking me up.

That woman definitely isn't the sharpest tool in the shed.

[Siwsan]

3. And here I was, thinking this was another Palin thread!

Guess, at this point, it's a conditioned response.

[Kalidurga]

4. Well it is a very misleading headline

My guess is that she is both. Oh and the woman in the story I think probably just stupid.

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. mudt have been exciting - on way to pick up 94 million check. lol

[LittleBlue]

6. I blame the IRS

That Earned Income Credit calculation can be quite tricky

[HereSince1628]

8. Because the mentally ill are all to incompetent for real effective tax-fraud?

Dang!! I'd have sworn just a few weeks ago, bank execs and wall streeters were all proven to be anti-social because they were competent enough to bilk billions out of common people's retirement accounts.

[BKH70041]

9. MARTA

It moves rapidly through Atlanta and way too many get wrongly affected by it.

[Half-Century Man]

10. Bring a big purse.

According to the U.S. Treasury, "In $100 bills, the weight of $1
million is about 22 pounds." [that's 10 kg.]
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/rr2748.htm

22lbs X 94=2,068lbs of one hundred dollar bills.

[Louisiana1976]

11. I believe the headline--that woman has to be two tacos short of a combination plate.

[fizzgig]

12. what does mental illness have to do with this?

[CatWoman]

13. i heard about this story on the radio while driving home from work

and the host was taking questions from the audience.

Most said she should go to jail.

However, the host (Derrick Boazman) had the opinion that she needed to be screened for a mental disorder.

Makes sense to me.

Derrick's FB page (and conversation): https://www.facebook.com/derrickboazman?fref=ts

[KT2000]

14. it is so far out that

it could be considered delusional. People with some mental illnesses, such as bi-polar and schizophrenia, are known to engage in grandiose behavior like this.

[tazkcmo]

15. Conflicted

While I think she should be prosecuted for her fraud I can't help but thinking that if she already had millions of dollars this statement , “It doesn’t matter if it’s $94 or $94 million. We’re going to go after you and hold you accountable,” would not have been made or at the least amended with a qualifier such as "usually", "most of the time" or "under other circumstances".

[countryjake]

16. Sounds like she's was working a Sovereign Citizens scheme...

they're sucking people in with such idiocy all over the country.

[Art_from_Ark]

18. I think she may have been trying to follow the lead of the banksters:

"If you're going to commit fraud, go for the big time!"

[edgineered]

17. Genius!

A cry for help saying 'please help me' to friends, relatives, strangers, or even a social service program may have led nowhere. Could be that going through the system, providing documentation, meeting various requirements, etc was viewed as an unnecessary or unattainable challenge. She did it the easy way.