A longtime agent for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was arrested on March 20 and is facing charges after allegedly filing false personal tax returns for three years, the Department of Justice announced.

Ndeye Amy Thioub, 67, was arrested in Swampscott, Massachusetts, and charged with filing false tax returns in 2017, 2018, and 2019, the DOJ said.

She is set to appear in federal court in Boston on March 21.

According to Joshua Levy, acting United States Attorney for Massachusetts, Ms. Thioub worked for the IRS for more than 17 years, most recently as a revenue agent for the Large Business and International Division of the agency.

In that role, Ms. Thioub regularly conducted independent field examinations and related investigations of complex income tax returns filed by large businesses, corporations, and organizations, according to officials.

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