Special Agent Brian Thomas was detailed to Refund Crimes in March 2017 and currently holds the position of National ID Theft Coordinator. As the National ID Theft Coordinator, he acts as a liaison between the agents in the field and the various internal and external business partners of the Internal Revenue Service. He is actively involved in conducting various presentations with tax practitioners, software providers, banking industry and other targeted professional that have fallen victim to the business e-mail compromises and data breaches. In 2014, Brian was promoted to a Supervisory Special Agent with the Philadelphia Field Office. where he oversaw the Questionable Refund Program, Return Preparer Project, Cybercrimes, and the Identity Theft general investigation. His team focused on complex criminal investigations involving corporate data breaches and business e-mail compromises, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF), cybercrimes, and money laundering cases. Previously, Brian was assigned to the Charlotte Field Office in Greensboro, North Carolina where he conducted a variety of multi-subject multi-jurisdictional criminal investigations; involving, employment taxes, tax evasion, healthcare fraud, visa fraud, identity theft, and money laundering. He was also an active participant with the Identity Theft Task Force and a Use of Force cadre member. |
