IRS Criminal Investigation

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criminal investigation division federal law enforcement agency

IRS Criminal Investigation is the law enforcement arm of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service responsible for investigating potential criminal violations of the federal tax code and related financial crimes.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation	0	11
IRS CI	0	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	criminal investigation division → federal law enforcement agency →
collaboratesWith	Drug Enforcement Administration → Federal Bureau of Investigation → Homeland Security Investigations → United States Attorney’s Offices → United States Secret Service → state and local law enforcement agencies →
coordinatesWith	Financial Crimes Enforcement Network → Joint Terrorism Task Force → surface form: Joint Terrorism Task Forces on terrorism‑related financing cases international law enforcement partners on cross‑border financial crimes →
country	United States of America → surface form: United States
employs	forensic accountants → professional staff → special agents →
enforces	Bank Secrecy Act → Internal Revenue Code → surface form: Internal Revenue Code criminal provisions selected money laundering statutes →
focusesOn	high‑impact tax and financial crime cases →
hasAbbreviation	IRS Criminal Investigation self-linksurface differs → surface form: IRS CI
hasHeadquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
headedBy	Chief, IRS Criminal Investigation →
jurisdiction	United States government → surface form: federal government of the United States
language	English →
legalForm	federal government component →
overseenBy	United States Department of the Treasury →
parentAgency	Internal Revenue Service →
partOf	Internal Revenue Service →
primaryMission	to serve the American public by investigating potential criminal violations of the Internal Revenue Code and related financial crimes →
provides	criminal investigative support to civil IRS functions when appropriate →
responsibleFor	investigating Bank Secrecy Act violations → investigating abusive tax schemes → investigating certain cyber‑enabled financial crimes → investigating criminal violations related to cryptocurrency and virtual assets when tax or BSA related → investigating employment tax fraud → investigating false tax returns → investigating money laundering offenses related to tax crimes → investigating potential criminal violations of the Internal Revenue Code → investigating refund fraud → investigating structuring of financial transactions → investigating tax evasion → investigating tax fraud → investigating willful failure to file tax returns → tracing illicit financial flows in complex financial investigations →
sector	public sector →
uses	electronic surveillance with court authorization → forensic accounting techniques → search warrants and seizure warrants → undercover operations →