IRS sends mistaken $2.1 million tax refund to 'Hawaiian princess'
According to an
Advertiser
story,
Abigail Roberts believes she is a Hawaiian princess, and last month "she cashed
in on her alleged royal roots, when the Internal Revenue Service mistakenly sent
Roberts and her husband a $2.1 million tax refund. ... The refund, according to
court records, came from money that Campbell Estate heiress Abigail Kinoiki
Kekaulike Kawananakoa, 78, had deposited with the IRS to cover her own estimated
income taxes."Here's the
Star-Bulletin
story.The
AP wire story also made national news in a number
of print and TV outlets. As
CNN reports:
"The government is suing a cafeteria worker who received a $2.1 million tax
refund by claiming to be a Hawaiian princess and heir to a billion-dollar
estate, authorities said. The money that the Internal Revenue Service sent last
month to Abigail Roberts, 61, who works in Widener University's cafeteria, came
from funds the real princess had on deposit with the IRS, according to court
documents." (I also saw it on the CNN crawl this morning.)
Posted: Tue - April 27, 2004 at 09:52 AM