USA IRS – Criminal Investigation Division of IRS publishes report FY 2017

By | December 24, 2017
(Last Updated On: December 25, 2017)

Criminal Investigation Division of the IRS publishes report FY 2017

IR-2017-208SP, December 20, 2017

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today the publication of the annual report of the Criminal Investigation Division (CI, for its acronym in English), which reflects the significant achievements and actions of criminal execution carried out in FY 2017 .

Focusing on employment tax, fraud refunds, the application of international taxes, identity theft related to tax, public corruption, cyber crime, terrorist financing and money laundering, CI initiated 3,019 cases in the fiscal year 2017. the number of cases initiated is directly related to the number of special agents in CI.

“We have the same number of special agents, about 2.200, which 50 years ago,” said Don Fort, head of CI. “Financial crime has not decreased during that time. In fact, it has increased in the age of Internet, international financial crimes and virtual currency. Despite these challenges, we continue doing an amazing job, investigating some of the most complicated cases in the history of the agency. Criminals would be foolish to confuse dwindling resources with the lack of commitment in this area. ”

The annual report is published every year in order to highlight the successes of the agency while providing a historical picture of the composition and priorities of the organization. The first head of the IRS CI, Elmer Lincoln Irey, served from 1919 to 1946 and proposed the annual publication of the document to show the research work of the agency.

CI is the only federal agency law enforcement jurisdiction over crimes of federal taxes. This year, again CI achievement conviction rate comparing to all federal agencies law enforcement in 91.5 percent while spending more than 72 percent of their time research tax cases. That conviction rate speaks of the thoroughness of investigations, and prosecutors across the country systematically used CI to conduct financial investigations on a wide variety of financial crimes, including international tax evasion, identity theft, funding terrorism and transnational organized crime.

CI is investigating possible criminal violations of the Internal Revenue Code and related financial crimes in a manner that fosters confidence in the tax system and law enforcement. Interactive report summarizes a wide variety of CI activities throughout the fiscal year and includes case examples of each field office on a wide range of financial crimes.

“Since I took over as head of CI this summer, could not be more proud to lead the men and women of this organization,” Fort said. As financial crimes, and the way in which we investigate, continue to evolve CI continues to set the standard for financial investigations worldwide. ”

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