 stimulus recipients found to be tax cheats apparently paying your taxes was not a requirement for receiving stimulus funds a government accountability office gao report released tuesday found that one out of every six stimulus contracts or grant dollars went to a known tax cheat isn t this rewarding bad behavior read more at  wwwwashingtontimescom news 2011 may 24 stimulusrecipientsfoundtobetaxcheats   stimulus recipients found tax cheats  