WROC Rochester News 8
CPA Dave Young of Young and Company discussed identity theft, tax return theft and what you can do to avoid becoming a victim Monday on News 8 at Sunrise. Young said in 2015 there were 490,220 identity theft complaints in the U.S. - a 47 percent increase from the previous year. A little more than 45 percent of those complaints were for tax or wage theft. In most cases, that involved someone stealing personal information and then using it to claim a tax refund. According to the Federal Trade Commission, thieves use both the taxpayer's name and Social Security number to obtain the refund.