IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) serves the American public by investigating potential criminal violations of the Internal Revenue Code and related financial crimes in a manner that fosters confidence in the tax system and compliance with the law. Report Tax Fraud Identify tax schemes Report tax fraud Voluntarily disclose What We Do About Criminal Investigation What we investigate Investigation process J5: Our international partnership Latest News January 15, 2021 — Indictment charges Madison man with defrauding investors of alcoholic beverage company January 14, 2021 — Pharmacy owner’s son admits role in $24.8 million kickback scheme and $9 million conspiracy to defraud IRS January 14, 2021 — Bristol woman pleads guilty to conspiracy to defraud financial institutions More press releases CI’s Top Five Cases of 2020 The list of Top Five Cases will be released via Twitter @IRS_CI beginning December 28th. #5 — Former tax lawyer sentenced to five years in federal prison for evading back taxes he owed to Internal Revenue Service #4 — Tax preparer sent to prison after causing more than $3 million in fraudulent tax returns #3 — Mountaintop man sentenced to 169 months’ imprisonment for money laundering conspiracy #2 — Israel’s largest bank, Bank Hapoalim, admits to conspiring with U.S. taxpayers to hide assets and income in offshore accounts #1 — Global disruption of three terror finance cyber-enabled campaigns
