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NEWPORT, Tennessee -- "I didn't do it" is the worn-out refrain of many a lawbreaker, but Jamey and Lora Costner of Newport, Tenn., are in fact innocent of acts committed in their names by two imposters.
Morristown police arrested and detained the culprits, at least one of whom is an illegal immigrant. The pair spent at least three years working and living as the Costners, according to Internal Revenue Service records.
The Costners feel trapped by a growing trail of tax debts and records, leading a false trail to their door.
"We're so outraged and sickened we don't know what to do," said Lora Costner, 34, tearfully adding that they just received a summons from the IRS. It orders them to appear at tax court in June or pay $8,000 in fines and taxes. A stack of evidence compiled by Lora Costner that clears them hasn't seemed to help much.
Posted by tyne at February 3, 2008