A retired Internal Revenue Service agent is accused of stealing her friend’s life savings in a scheme, California prosecutors said.
Elana Cohen-Roth, 81, of Marina Del Rey was sentenced to 12 years in state prison in relation to a yearslong scheme, the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office said in a May 9 news release.
“The victim’s years of hard work and lifetime savings are gone due to Ms. Cohen-Roth’s greed,” District Attorney Carla Rodriguez said in the release. “Unfortunately, the victim will never be made whole financially and her life is forever impacted.”…