No joke.rabiddawg said:Laundering money through tax exempt institutions, I.E. The church is highly frowned on by the Feds
You are indeed right... that is not a situation that TIGTA would be involved in. However CI wouldn't snap straight to the case based on the happenings so far. CI routinely works cases with higher dollar amounts and just as much if not more complexity that this. I don't know the process of the IRS determining which cases head to exam or which cases head straight to CI, but I have worked with higher dollar cases that people did some shady things and get audited and then come around asking for guidance on it...and by guidance I'm talking about a way out of it. They usually snarl up when I tell em there is no way out but to come up with the money or start losing assets. Then they go hire some company like Tax Masters and pay them a couple grand to stall for a month or two and still have to come up with the money. <div>Agentdog said:IRS CI can start invEstigations without exam or collection being involved prior. This isn't a TIGTA type case.
But yes. The more I think about it. There has to be unlawful activity to charge moneylaundering. So the FBI is interested in something more. Which like was mentioned, the possibilities are endless.
Which in my opinion unless they can uncover evidence of numerous players being bought and sold, it is ridiculous for the recruitment of Newton to be a criminal investigation. Plenty of drug dealers and terrorist laundering money. By the way, one of the agents that worked the Logan Young case is a big UT fan.