Florida Man Who Claimed $18,000 in Income Gets $980,000 in IRS Refund Check: Reports

This April 13, 2014, file photo shows the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters building in Washington. Millions of taxpayers face a midnight deadline Monday, March 18, 2016, to file their tax returns, while millions of other Americans seek more time, a six-month extension. The filing deadline was delayed three days beyond the traditional April 15 deadline, because Friday was a legal holiday in the District of Columbia. AP Photo/J. David Ake, File

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) discovered that it had issued a $980,000 refund check to a Florida man who had claimed $18,000 in income in 2016.

A federal forfeiture complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court in Tampa over the incident, the Tampa Bay Times reported on Feb. 14.