Robin Hood tax clerk doles out millions in unexpected rebates, then gets nicked

An error in a computer program allowed her to pay out tax rebates even though taxpayers should not have received them and may well have sent money to her other accounts without the system noticing it. At first, when Grażyna G. was arrested in February, it was believed she may have misappropriated a few thousand zloty. However, the final estimate proved to be circa zł.5 million, although the prosecutor claims the actual sum should be calculated at zł.7 million. Although this is the largest fraud in the history of country's tax system, the Tax Office and Finance Ministry refused to comment on the matter. The issue only came to light when a taxpayer informed the authorities that too much money had been transferred into their account. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 3) J.J.