[FedCom] "Tax Police" Newspaper Interview

[kennyblues at aol.com]

I've heard them in the Boston area on 165.9500 P-25, very little 
traffic though, last time was maybe last fall, 3 or 4 units doing radio 
checks seeing how their "new" radio were working.
I remember back in Miami years ago they were on 418.2250, alot, alot of 
surveilance work.

Kenny

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From: Ken <rfinder1 at verizon.net>
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Sent: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:07:02 -0400
Subject: [FedCom] "Tax Police" Newspaper Interview

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 
 
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