[FedCom] "Tax Police" Newspaper Interview

[Ken]

The "Springfield (MA) Sunday Republican", 4/9/06 edition, Business Section 
(D)
has an interview with Special Agent in Charge Internal Revenue Service
Criminal Investgation Field Office in Boston..  He was interviewed recently
when he made a visit to the Springfield Office.

Basically there's 10 agents in the Springfield Office.  120 New England
wide.

The agents focus on tax fraud/evasion, but also get involved in money
laundering & political corruption cases.  Most have backgrounds in
accounting and/or bank finance versus law enforcement.

Radio Communications wise, nothing was mentioned.   I think that the nature
of the the investigations would probably result in use of cellphones rather
than radio equipment.    I think it's been over 3 years since I've monitored
any IRS CID activity, which at that time as in the VHF highband area.

Further information on IRS CID can be found at:
http://www.irs.gov/compliance/enforcement/article/0,,id=98205,00.html

Historically the Webster report (1999) emphasized the CID getting back to 
its' basics.
http://www.irs.gov/compliance/enforcement/article/0,,id=130626,00.html

Ken
Springfield MA Monitoring Area