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A U.S. attorney, respondent's agents, and persons outside
the IRS sometimes help a grand jury to investigate a case.
Respondent did not participate in a grand jury investigation of
Resyn or petitioner.
2. Strike Force
Respondent's administrative investigation of petitioner and
Resyn was part of a program to investigate persons suspected of
being involved with organized crime. The program was later
called a strike force. The strike force included the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Secret Service, Bureau of
Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, &
Firearms, Customs Service, Postal Service, and IRS. The IRS and
other agencies made progress reports to strike force attorneys.
Respondent's agents, and not strike force personnel,
controlled the joint civil and criminal tax investigation of
Resyn and petitioner. Strike force attorneys helped agents of
different agencies conduct their investigations if needed.
Respondent's investigators in this case filed periodic status
reports with the strike force coordinator, Arthur Rubenstein
(Rubenstein), who forwarded them to the Regional Organized Crime
Drive Coordinator who monitored strike force cases. The regional
coordinator forwarded the reports to respondent's Intelligence
Division at the national office in Washington, D.C. Those status
reports did not go to the U.S. Attorney's Office or to any strike
force attorney.
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