Tens of thousands of taxpayer accounts hacked as CRA repeatedly paid out millions in bogus refunds
Imposters obtained confidential data used by one of the country’s largest tax preparation firms, H&R Block Canada, and used the company’s confidential credentials to get unauthorized access into hundreds of Canadians’ personal CRA accounts, change direct deposit information, submit false returns, and pocket more than $6 million in bogus refunds from the public purse, an investigation by CBC’s The Fifth Estate and Radio-Canada has found. Read more.
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