SACRAMENTO, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- A federal grand jury indicted a former Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation special agent with lying on tax returns, stealing from the government and destroying records during an investigation, charges which carry penalties as high as 48 years in jail, fines and probation.
Alena Aleykina, a Sacramento, Calif., certified public accountant was accused in an indictment filed Thursday of filing false individual tax returns on behalf of a trust, as well as lying to the Department of the Treasury for reimbursements and destroying evidence on a government computer.