You agree to clear a refund check for a friend, then steal their money?

So, a "friend" agrees to receive HER friends tax refund checks into her checking account. THEN she claims the money was STOLEN out of her checking account and her account was HACKED. Yet, she refuses to provide a statement from the bank, or a police report.

After THAT she has the GALL to come on here asking how to evade getting prosecuted for the THEFT, and picking Yahoo! Answers members for ideas on how to be shady and get away with. Despite WHATEVER is said on Yahoo! Answers, the money WAS deposited, and the IRS shows it as received, and not returned.

Now, the woman who is "Just Curious" about all of this denies things she has already admitted elsewhere. She also has a job trail for embezzling at work and being prosecuted for it and found guilty. One of her former (FORMER) jobs was at Social Services. That is the ONE where she got CAUGHT.

Soooo, is she a stupid lying thief, who takes advantage of her friends trust in her? Or a very clever woman who managed to make out, getting over on someone elses' dime?