Fraudster Lee Ervin Dale Got Some More Names -- and Their Tax Refund Checks

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Having three first names would seem to be enough. Wrong. At least if you are Lee Ervin Dale, 30, of Fort Lauderdale, who has been charged with 14 counts of identity theft in his efforts to get other people's tax refunds.

Look. We know the thing about Florida is that you can pretend to be whoever you want. But this is going too far,
The charge comes just weeks after the sentencing of a local couple that was posing as victims of the Gulf oil spill so they could get compensation checks. By now the U.S. attorney must be in his office, crying softly into his tea, wondering why the hell people can't just be themselves.

So, what did Dale get for his efforts? 
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Chris and Jeff George, Infamous Pill-Slinging Bros, Got Their Start From "Candy Man"

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Jeff and Chris George

In 2007, twin brothers Chris and Jeff George, then 27, were looking for a way to get rich. Really rich. They found it under the tutelage of the "Candy Man," a physician who helped them start a $40 million pain-pill empire, according to an indictment against the brothers and 31 others filed Tuesday.

The Sun-Sentinel's Bob LaMendola traces the history of the empire to
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