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Phony Princess Fools IRS

A college cafeteria worker outsmarted the Internal Revenue Service and received a $2.1 million tax refund when she claimed to be a Hawaiian princess and heir to a billion-dollar estate.

Abigail Roberts, 61, was born Charlotte Veronica Kuheana in Hawaii. In reality, she works in the cafeteria at Widener University and lives with her husband in Chester. But authorities said she pretended to be Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawananakoa, the 73-year-old heir to the Campbell estate, one of the largest landowners in Hawaii. Investigators said Roberts put Kawananakoa's Social Security number on her tax form.

Roberts and her husband deposited the $2.1 million when they received the tax return in the mail. The IRS used arrest warrants to retrieve most of the tax refund, but a federal judge ruled that there was not enough evidence to show that Roberts intended to commit a crime. The agency has sued Roberts and her husband to recover $100,000 that was allegedly spent.