As government slugs get to use the force of government against us, when they are caught doing something illegal, the penalties should be at minimum 3-10 times the same crime for the average citizen.
You don’t know how things work at IRS. If these are very low graded people, they will get fired and go to jail. If they are middle range people, they will not get fired not go to jail and probably end up with a nasty note in their personnel file. If they are the top managers, the government will exonerate their actions and probably put them in line for secretary of treasury.