IRS Finds $10.6 Billion in Crimes as Agents Ramp Up Warrants

The Internal Revenue Service uncovered $10.6 billion in financial crimes — a nearly 16% increase from the year prior — even as it deployed agents to Trump administration law enforcement priorities far beyond their usual remit.

The IRS’s criminal investigations unit emphasized the role its officials played in advancing President Donald Trump’s agenda in its annual report released Friday. Those included cracking down on tax fraud tied to the employment of undocumented immigrants and the use of IRS agents to boost National Guard deployments in US cities.

The agency identified $4.5 billion in tax fraud — a nearly 112% ...