{"id":20161,"date":"2023-04-24T07:49:41","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T07:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/us-revenue-collector-irs-to-send-four-crypto-crime-investigation-agents-abroad-bitcoin-news\/"},"modified":"2023-04-24T07:49:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T07:49:41","slug":"us-revenue-collector-irs-to-send-four-crypto-crime-investigation-agents-abroad-bitcoin-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/us-revenue-collector-irs-to-send-four-crypto-crime-investigation-agents-abroad-bitcoin-news\/","title":{"rendered":"US Revenue Collector IRS to Send Four Crypto Crime Investigation Agents Abroad \u2013 Bitcoin News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is planning to send investigators to four countries where they are expected to tackle the use of crypto and decentralized finance products in global financial and tax crimes. According to the tax collector\u2019s spokesperson, the IRS will be able to determine the success of the pilot program by rating the investigators\u2019 \u201cability to work cooperatively\u201d with global law enforcement bodies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

IRS to Help Foreign Law Enforcement Agencies<\/h2>\n

The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is set to send four agents specializing in cyber and crypto crime to Australia, Colombia, Germany, and Singapore, a Techcrunch report<\/a> has said. According to the report, the four agents\u2019 secondment is part of the revenue collection body\u2019s pilot program that will run between June and September 2023.<\/p>\n

Carissa Cutrell, an IRS spokesperson, is quoted in the report stating that the four agents\u2019 mission is \u201cto help combat the use of cryptocurrency, decentralized finance and mixing services in international financial and tax crimes.\u201d Cutrell also spoke about the revenue service\u2019s likely plans once the 120-day pilot program comes to an end. She said:<\/p>\n

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Success [of the pilot program] will hinge on the attach\u00e9s\u2019 ability to work cooperatively and train our foreign law enforcement counterparts, and build leads for criminal investigations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile, Chris Janczewski, a former special agent in the IRS-CI Cyber Crimes Unit, is quoted in the same report asserting that the U.S. revenue collector\u2019s growing presence abroad would help simplify international investigations. In the past few years, agents from IRS-CI Cyber Crimes Unit have helped to bring to book the alleged criminal that ran<\/a> the drug and hacking services marketplace Alphabay. The agents also played a role in the takedown<\/a> of a marketplace for stolen social security numbers.<\/p>\n

Yet despite the IRS-CI Cyber Crimes Unit\u2019s expertise in tracking and taking down cybercriminals, the U.S. revenue collector has only had one investigator stationed abroad, in The Hague, Netherlands. However, by sending the four agents, the U.S. agency will realize even better benefits, Guy Ficco, the IRS\u2019 executive director for global operations policy and support for IRS-CI, is quoted as stating.<\/p>\n

What are your thoughts on this story? Let us know what you think in the comments section below. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\nTerence Zimwara <\/h6>\n

\nTerence Zimwara is a Zimbabwe award-winning journalist, author and writer. He has written extensively about the economic troubles of some African countries as well as how digital currencies can provide Africans with an escape route.

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