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Ex-IRS worker who called colleagues 'fools' gets probation in NY conflict-of-interest case

July 16, 2013 at 5:06PM

NEW YORK — A former IRS examiner who expressed hatred for the agency has been sentenced to three years' probation in his conflict-of-interest case.

Dennis Lerner apologized to the government before hearing the sentence Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan.

The 60-year-old Lerner had pleaded guilty to charges that he interviewed for a new job with the German bank Commerzbank AG while negotiating a $210 million tax settlement with the bank.

The evidence against Lerner includes an email complaining that at the IRS, he "got paid next to nothing" and worked with "fools."

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