OREGON FOLLOW UP ARTICLE ON COMPUTERS STOLEN FROM H and R BLOCK News - StatesmanJournal.comConfidential information about 41,000 Salem-area taxpayers is in the hands of criminals who stole computers from an H&R Block office.

H&R Block has sent letters to its clients to tell them about the April 23 break-in at its district office, 1371 Lancaster Drive NE.

Thieves took 13 computers that were being prepared for storage after tax season. Some of the computers contained client information for 2001 to 2004, H&R Block spokeswoman Denise Sposato said.

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