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? Comments on this episode were open only for the first 48 hours following its posting on March 7, 2025 to allow for responsive comment moderation. You can read more about why comments aren't open all the time across CBC and other ways to interact with us: https://cbchelp.cbc.ca/hc/en-ca/artic... 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 #Documentary #Crime #Hackers Subscribe for more videos from The Fifth Estate: http://bit.ly/25W8cpn Connect with The Fifth Estate online: Website : http://bit.ly/1d0FBxq Instagram : http://bit.ly/25W8SLs About The Fifth Estate: For more than five decades, The Fifth Estate has been Canada's premier investigative documentary program. Hosts Bob McKeown, Mark Kelley, Steven D'Souza and Ioanna Roumeliotis continue a tradition of provocative and fearless journalism. The Fifth Estate brings in-depth investigations that matter to Canadians — delivering a dazzling parade of political leaders, controversial characters and ordinary people whose lives were touched by triumph or tragedy. The Fifth Estate airs Fridays at 9pm on CBC-TV and steams on CBC GEM. 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