Former IRS Agent Sentenced For Tax Fraud

A former special agent with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was sentenced on Tuesday to more than four years in prison for tax fraud.

Alena Aleykina of Sacramento, CA was sentenced to 51 months after filing six false tax returns in three years, stealing money from the government, and obstructing the investigation into her crimes. A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California said the false tax returns were filed between 2009 and 2011.