Another Tax Office Scam Costs D.C. $180,000

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I'M BEGINNING TO WONDER if there's anyone who hasn't ripped off the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue.

In the shadow of the case of Harriette Walters, the former tax office manager who's accused in a tax fraud case that drained the District of as much as $50 million, comes the tale of Jacqueline C. Wright and her boyfriend, Michael Clark, who were charged yesterday with swiping $180,000 in a separate tax scam, The Post's Del Quentin Wilber and David Nakamura report.

The thefts allegedly began in late 2006 when Wright, a tax office employee, began issuing phony refunds to Clark, prosecutors say. The two were caught, The Post reports, because of "new controls" District officials say were put in place after Walters was arrested in November.

In the end, D.C. taxpayers' money apparently helped to build Wright and Clark's home equity. Charging documents say that just over $100,000 of the money went into home improvement projects, according to The Post.

» "Employee and Boyfriend Charged in Another Refund Scam" [WaPo]