[FedCom] "Tax Police" Newspaper Interview

[Bill]

165.9500 Mhz Rptr Boston & Holyoke
166.0000 Mhz Simplex & Rptr Boston

Bill Dunn    N1/KUG
Cruise Ship Frequencies
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken" <rfinder1 at verizon.net>
To: "Discussion of Federal Government Communications" 
<fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 7:07 PM
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
>
>
>