Krystle Marie Reyes earlier this year managed to snag a $2.1 million "tax refund" from the state of Oregon, with which the roughly 500-pound woman rushed out to purchase an 8-basket deep fryer, some inflatable mattresses, and a 13-year-old van, among other prizes. She might never have been caught, but for the fact that she claimed to have lost the high-value debit card, and called for a replacement. Somehow, the state found a cell large enough to hold her, and she's currently doing some 5.5 years in the state pen.
But something's not right: first, she's functionally illiterate, and second, she's almost impossibly stupid. Let's face it, if you got a $2.1 million "refund", would you use it to buy a deep-fat fryer and a beater of a van? Of course not: you'd be in a Caribbean country with no extradition treaty, you'd convert the debit card to cash and bonds, and you sure as hell wouldn't "lose" the card - much less call to request a replacement.
Is it believable that somebody that stupid could have pulled off such a massive fraud - unassisted?
