A scam took her retirement savings. Then the IRS wanted more

A North Carolina woman lost $600,000 to a pig-butchering scam and subsequently received a $225,000 tax bill from the IRS.
A North Carolina woman lost $600,000 in a pig-butchering scam and later received a $225,000 tax bill from the IRS.
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