{"id":24767,"date":"2025-05-10T17:57:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T17:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/retired-irs-agent-gets-12-years-for-scamming-elderly-california-woman-out-of-life-savings\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T17:57:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T17:57:43","slug":"retired-irs-agent-gets-12-years-for-scamming-elderly-california-woman-out-of-life-savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/retired-irs-agent-gets-12-years-for-scamming-elderly-california-woman-out-of-life-savings\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired IRS agent gets 12 years for scamming elderly California woman out of life savings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A retired IRS agent from Southern California has been sentenced to state prison after she was convicted of defrauding an elderly San Francisco Bay Area woman out of $1 million in life savings.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Sonoma County District Attorney Carla Rodriguez&#8217;s office, 81-year-old Elana Cohen-Roth of Marina Del Rey in Los Angeles County was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Friday. Cohen-Roth was convicted of 23 felony counts of financial fraud in relation to the scheme, which victimized a Sonoma County woman.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The victim&#8217;s years of hard work and lifetime savings are gone due to Ms. Cohen-Roth&#8217;s greed. Unfortunately, the victim will never be made whole financially and her life is forever impacted,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/da.sonomacounty.ca.gov\/elana-cohen-roth-81-sentenced-to-12-years-state-prison-for-defrauding-elder-victim-of-her-life-savings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rodriguez said in a statement<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said Cohen-Roth began defrauding the victim in 2013, when she began preparing the victim&#8217;s taxes. The victim was 66-years-old at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They quickly became good friends. From their personal and professional relationship, Cohen-Roth gained access to all the victim&#8217;s financial information,&#8221; according to the DA&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen-Roth offered the victim so-called &#8220;investment opportunities&#8221; in which she promised at least 10% interest at &#8220;no risk&#8221; on more than 20 occasions from Dec. 2013 to Sep. 2019. Dollar amounts ranged from $25,000 to $150,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After depleting her legitimate investments, prosecutors said the victim took out a reverse mortgage to send money to Cohen-Roth.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said bank records revealed that Cohen-Roth was running a Ponzi scheme where others who believed they were investing also deposited large sums of money. Cohen-Roth used the money to pay off earlier &#8220;investors&#8221; and used the rest to support a lavish lifestyle and to make gifts to family.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the Ponzi scheme fell apart when the victim demanded some of her money back to move near family, which Cohen-Roth did not have.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The then 73-year-old victim went from owning her own home and having around $1,000,000 in investments to live on, to being financially destitute,&#8221; the DA&#8217;s office said. &#8220;The elderly victim was unable to pay for her minimal daily living expenses while Elana Cohen-Roth lived comfortably on the victim&#8217;s money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said the judge in the case sentenced Cohen-Roth to 12 years instead of the maximum term of 28 years, due to Cohen-Roth&#8217;s age.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The judge&#8217;s sentence is entirely appropriate and hopefully will provide some measure of justice for the victim,&#8221; Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/tim-fang\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Tim  Fang<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Tim Fang is a digital producer at CBS Bay Area. 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