KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A former Internal Revenue Service agent in Kansas had pleaded guilty to theft of public money in a deal with prosecutors that may spare her any prison time.
Becky L. Book, 49, of Pittsburg admitted Thursday to receiving more than $26,000 in salary and mileage payments for meetings with taxpayers that never took place.
Prosecutors allege Book claimed she worked 744 hours between March 2010 and April 2011 but actually took those hours off as unauthorized personal time.
The government agreed as part of its plea deal to recommend a sentence of probation, although it is up to U.S. District Judge Kathryn Vratil to decide what sentence to impose.
Book has agreed to pay $13,000 in partial payment of restitution at her sentencing, scheduled for May 23.
