Chief, IRS Criminal Investigation

Chief, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation
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IRS-CI Special Agent Badge
Incumbent Guy Ficco since April 1, 2024
Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation
Style	Chief
Status	Chief executive
Reports to	Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement
Seat	Washington, D.C.
Appointer	Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	July 1, 1919
First holder	Elmer Lincoln Irey
Deputy	Deputy Chief
Website	www.irs.gov/criminalinvestigation

The Chief, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, abbreviated as Chief, IRS-CI or Chief, CI or simply Chief, is the head and chief executive of Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), the United States' federal law enforcement agency responsible for investigating potential criminal violations of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and related financial crimes. Criminal Investigation is a division of the Internal Revenue Service, which in turn is a bureau within the United States Department of the Treasury. The Chief is the highest ranking executive within IRS-CI and reports to the Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement of the Internal Revenue Service.

The Chief is appointed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and oversees a worldwide staff of approximately 3,300 CI employees, including approximately 2,200 special agents who investigate and assist in the prosecution of criminal tax, money laundering, public corruption, cyber, ID theft, narcotics, terrorist-financing and Bank Secrecy Act related crime cases.^[1]

The current Chief is Guy Ficco since April 1, 2024. He was the Deputy Chief to former Chief Jim Lee, who retired on March 31, 2024 having served in the position since October 2020.^[2] Shortly after the announcement of Lee's retirement, the Internal Revenue Service announced that Ficco would be the new Chief of the agency.^[3]