This is the location of the Criminal Investigation headquarters
What is Washington, DC?
100
This was the locale of a recent criminal investigation near you
What is 6th Street Entertainment District?
100
This is what the IRS Criminal Enforcement division calls an illegal tax shelter
What is an abusive tax scheme?
100
The doorman interviewed in the YNN video worked at this bar on 6th Street, also the name of a famous peace of literature you may have read in high school.
What is Treasure Island?
100
For years the feds tried to build a case against this early-20th-century gangster, until the IRS finally arrested and convicted him on tax evasion charges.
Who is Al Capone?
200
The IRS is the only federal agency that can investigate criminal violations of...
What is the Internal Revenue Code?
200
This is the number of investigations started by CI this year (within 500)
What is 2502?
200
If your identity is stolen, your return may show up in this IRS program
What the Questionable Refund Program?
200
This is the number of persons in federal custody for allegations detailed in the videos
What is ten? (We'll accept eleven)
200
Ten years after the premier of his starring role in "Blade", this Hollywood person-of-interest was sentenced to three years in prison for tax evasion.
Who is Wesley Snipes?
300
Since the unit began, its conviction rate has never fallen below this percentage
What is 90%?
300
Criminal Investigations often deals with this "type" of crime
What is white collar crime?
300
Under this program, taxpayers with unreported income may voluntarily disclose to the IRS
What is the Voluntary Disclosure Program?
300
According to the indictment documents released, the owners of the clubs were using the clubs and bars they owned to launder money obtained from this crime?
What is distribution of controlled substances (we'll take cocaine, narcotics, etc.)?
300
In 1990, the IRS took this music icon "off the road" with a bill of $16.7 in back taxes, a penalty that nearly ruined his career (but thankfully did not).
Who is Willie Nelson?
400
This is the year the Criminal Investigation unit was created
What is 1919?
400
This is the number of employees in the Criminal Investigations Unit (within 500)
What is 4,200
400
This program deals with money from illegal sources
What is the Illegal Source Financial Crimes Program?
400
This is the name of one of the clubs involved in the videos, notable for its three level structure and blue lighting scheme.
What is Pure Lounge?
400
Many have accused this prominent Obama administration official of not having his ducks in a row when it comes to filing his taxes, which is surprising considering this person's experience at the International Monetary Fund and the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
Who is Tim Geithner?
500
This chief of investigation of CI shares the name with the former chief of surgery at Seattle Grace
Who is Richard Weber?
500
This is who an investigation is forwarded to if the IRS thinks it should be criminally prosecuted (two answers, we'll accept one as a correct response)
What is The Department of Justice (for tax investigations) or the US Attorney
500
If you are looking for a job in the IRS, you might apply for this executive program
What is the Executive Career Program?
500
Three brothers with this common last name were recently arrested on charges of money laundering involving the clubs and bars they owned and operated.
What is Yassine?
500
The stars of this great American comedy act were charged with tax evasion by the IRS in 1956, were forced to sell their houses and many personal assets to foot the bill, and promptly changed the title of their famous joke from "Who's on first?" to "Who's paying first?"