FBI Seeks Man Who Allegedly Stole Billionaire's Tax Refund



Donald Bren, Orange County's richest man with at least $12 billion, doesn't part easily with money. Just ask some of the teenage children he's had out of wedlock. They've been forced to go to court to collect what amounts to a buck fifty in Bren's imperial world.

So Bren must be downright frantic because someone apparently stole his $1.4 million quarterly income tax refund check in February, deposited it in a Cerritos bank and, before Bren and the cops became wise, had withdrawn about $1.1 million. 
The FBI is now looking for the alleged imposter, who is pictured on the jump.

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​Bren, owner of the Irvine Company, can sigh in relief after all. The Orange County Business Journal, which broke the missing check story, reports that Bren will collect his refund no matter what.  

No word on how the man obtained the Bren check: Unguarded mailbox? Poker game winnings? Perhaps this guy's name is Donald Bren too?

If you know this guy's identity, contact the feds:
–R. Scott Moxley / OC Weekly

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