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Tax office staff suspects in $2 billion GST refund scam

Some tax office staff have been linked to a multibillion-dollar fraud scam. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

Up to 150 Australian Taxation Office staff have been investigated for suspected involvement in a social media scam that ripped off $2 billion.

In an auditor-general's report into fraud management of the GST, the tax office revealed it sacked some employees and launched criminal investigations into others who were linked to the widespread rort.

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