The purported theft of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's tax returns has all the trappings of a high-tech whodunit: a politically themed burglary, a $1 million demand in hard-to-trace Internet currency, password-protected data and a threat to reveal everything in three more weeks. But can it be believed?
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A sign outside the PricewaterhouseCoopers office in Franklin, Tenn., is seen on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. The Secret Service said is investigating the reported theft of copies houses Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's federal tax records during a break-in at the office. The company said there was no evidence that any Romney tax files were stolen. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)
Close The Secret Service was investigating the case Thursday after someone claimed to have burglarized a PricewaterhouseCoopers accounting office in Franklin, Tenn., and stole two decades' worth of Romney's tax returns. Authorities are studying computer thumb drives that were delivered with an unusual demand: a $1 million payment in hard-to-trace "Bitcoin" Internet currency.
The plot in this mystery could be a hoax, but it surfaces at a critical moment during the 2012 presidential campaign amid the Republican and Democratic conventions.
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