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Woman behind alleged homeless tax scam indicted

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Cora Ford faces charges she defrauded the mentally handicapped, physically disabled and the homeless by using their personal information to file fake tax returns and pocket the refunds. Cora Ford faces charges she defrauded the mentally handicapped, physically disabled and the homeless by using their personal information to file fake tax returns and pocket the refunds.

Five years after the FOX 5 I-Team first exposed a tax scam targeting the homeless, a federal grand jury has indicted the woman who ran the company.

I-Team reporter Randy Travis says his hidden camera investigation sparked the feds' interest.

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