IRS names new top cop for Tampa criminal investigation field office

The IRS Criminal Investigation Tampa Field Office has named veteran investigator Ronald Loecker special agent in charge. 

Loecker, according to a statement, will be responsible for planning, directing and evaluating the activities of personnel who conduct criminal investigations into tax violations and financial crimes in the Middle and Northern Judicial Districts of Florida. That area stretches from Fort Myers to Jacksonville and across the Panhandle to Pensacola, the release states. 

Loecker was previously the director of International Operations for the IRS, where he supervised a staff deployed worldwide partnering with foreign law enforcement to combat global financial fraud schemes. Prior to that, the release states, he held a variety of leadership positions including assistant special agent in charge of the Tampa Field Office; deputy chief of staff for Criminal Investigations in Washington, D.C.; and supervisory special agent in the former Las Vegas Field Office. Loecker began his career with Criminal Investigations in 2001.