An 81-year-old retired IRS agent from Southern California was sentenced to 12 years in state prison for defrauding an elderly woman in Sonoma County out of her entire life savings, totaling $1 million. The fraud spanned a seven-year period during which the retired agent conned the woman. The case has drawn national attention as an example of elder financial abuse. The sentencing took place on a Friday, with multiple news outlets reporting on the conviction and prison term. The victim was an elderly California woman whose life savings were depleted by the former IRS employee's scheme.