You may be able to claim a
casualty loss for the fraud.
You can only deduct your losses that
exceed 10% of your AGI+$100. In addition, it is an itemized deduction. If
you usually take the standard deduction, you'll have to now find additional
itemized deductions to exceed the standard deduction.
In TurboTax,
enter at:
Federal Taxes Tab
Deductions & Credits
-Scroll down to:
--Other deductions
& Credits
---Casualty & theft
Or type- casualty loss -in
the search box
For more info, see:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i4684.pdf
