The Department of Justice issued a press release about a former Austin resident, currently a Cayman national who renounced his U.S. citizenship, who was charged with tax evasion, filing false returns and willfully failing to file tax forms disclosing foreign assets.
The DOJ’s press release is available at https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/hedge-fund-manager-indicted-tax-fraud-charges
IRS Criminal Investigation is the law enforcement arm of the IRS, responsible for conducting financial crime investigations, including tax fraud, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, public corruption, healthcare fraud, identity theft and more. It is the only federal law enforcement agency with investigative jurisdiction over violations of the Internal Revenue Code. IRS-CI has 18 field offices located across the U.S. and maintains an international presence through attaché posts abroad.
IRS-CI’s Houston Field Office has an area of responsibility that includes Austin, stretching from Houston to El Paso and from the Gulf Coast to Odessa.
