A revenue agent with the Internal Revenue Service has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for filing fraudulent tax returns for himself and relatives who claimed, among other things, bogus deductions for alimony and mortgage payments.

Albert Bront, 51, was sentenced on May 26, and ordered to pay $127,116 in restitution to the IRS. Bront pleaded guilty in January to one count of filing a false tax return and two counts of assisting others in filing false tax returns. Bront pleaded guilty to one count involving his own fraudulent 2005 tax return, but also admitted filing fraudulent tax returns for 2003 through 2007 that claimed excessive deductions and failed to report income.