Florida IRS criminal investigators close busy 2024, aim for busier 2025

Despite being a 105-year-old unit within a 162-year-old institution, the IRS criminal investigation unit, on a federal level, is still experiencing firsts. 

According to its fiscal year annual report, the federal agency in the past 12 months had its first sentencings for syndicated conservation easement schemes; the first indictment and guilty plea of a taxpayer for not paying taxes on gains from cryptocurrency sales; and a historic financial settlement by the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange for violating anti-money laundering and sanctions laws.