Feds charge IRS contractor with leaking wealthy taxpayers’ information

Federal prosecutors announced Friday that they have charged Charles Littlejohn, an IRS contractor, with leaking thousands of wealthy taxpayers’ information, including that of a major government official, to two news outlets.

Leaks had been a severe black eye for the tax agency and the arrest deepened the embarrassment with the revelation that a contractor had enough access to steal — and distribute — so much information.

Court documents didn’t reveal the name of the public official nor the two media outlets that received the leaks, but the IRS had been...