Originally Posted by: Red 
Off topic, but recently a couple former CI agents told me HQ is taking agents out of OCDETF and grand jury cases and pushing them to work straight tax (mom and pop) cases. And, as a result, agents are retiring early or jumping ship to other 1811 agencies- specifically Postal Inspectors and OIG outfits. Anybody know if this is just certain districts, or nationwide?
I think this is a bit of a biased perspective.
We’re the only agency that can work tax, so we should be working tax. “Straight tax” rarely is “mom and pop.” Complex schemes, conspiracies, tax harm in the millions. International angles, cyber angles, cryptocurrency involvement. I would gladly take a simple mom and pop tax scheme some days.
On the one hand, we contribute significantly to HIDTA, OCDETF, and all those other task forces, and we’re often asked for by US Attorneys on any case involving a significant financial angle.
But we don’t work for OCDETF or HIDTA, we work for IRS-CI, and I think some agents have been on those task forces so long that they forget that. It can also be frustrating to work on those task forces. Some other agencies have hard times with basic things like venue for a case. Or half your teams on a multi site warrant will get the start time wrong.
Working a criminal case is hard, and I’d say any kind of tax or financial case is even more so.
Agents move all the time, retire all the time. Higher speed, bigger or smaller agency. Everything I’ve read on postal inspection online seems great, but the two former Postal Inspectors I’ve met came to IRS because they hated postal. Agents from OIGs join us, agents from IRS leave to OIGs.
Edited by user Monday, October 11, 2021 9:15:39 PM(UTC)
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