Who’s stealing millions from Canadian taxpayers? | The Fifth Estate

Tens of thousands of tax accounts have been hacked and hundreds of millions of dollars lost as criminals steal identities and file bogus returns. Could the CRA’s deals with tax companies be partly to blame?

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00:00 - Victims of identify theft speak out
11:27 - Hunting for fraudsters who hacked into a B.C. man's account
25:03 - How secure are your tax accounts?
35:05 - CRA insiders break their silence

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CREDITS: THE FIFTH ESTATE
50-12 CRA Friday, March 7, 2025

Tax Hack: Identity Theft

producer/director
Harvey Cashore

writer
Mark Kelley

associate producer
Eva Uguen-Csenge

additional research
Diana Redegeld
Leanne Stepnow

video editor
Loretta Hicks

editing support
Morna Scott-Dunne

senior videographer
Jonathan Castell

additional photography
Maggie MacPherson
Yanjun Li

archival material
Bloomberg
Getty Images
Google Earth
ParlVu
POND5
The American Coalition for Taxpayer Rights
TikTok
Vimeo
X
YouTube

special thanks
Charles Rusnell

visual research
Leslie Morrison

graphic designer
Tim Kindrachuk

post audio
Ron Searles

colourist
Scott McIntyre

from the files team
producer
Roxanna Woloshyn

senior videographer
Jonathan Castell

video editor
Alessia Protomanni

rollout producer
Leanne Stepnow

social media producers
Alex Migdal
Britt Purdy

digital producer
Janet Davison

media management
Astoria Luzzi

resource coordinators
Marc Cormier
Dragan Maricic

associate director
Nanci King

packaging editor
Alessia Protomanni

coordinating associate director
Rhonda Kirkpatrick

senior producer
Emmanuel Marchand

executive producer
Allya Davidson

original broadcast
March 7, 2025