In FY24, IRS-CI initiated more than 2,667 criminal investigations, obtained 1,571 convictions, and reclaimed its 90% conviction rate. The agency’s investigative work identified over $9.1 billion in fraud from tax and financial crimes, obtained court orders totaling $1.7 billion in restitution to the IRS and seized criminal assets totaling approximately $1.2 billion.
The FY2024 Annual Report can be viewed and downloaded at https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p3583.pdf.
The report includes case examples for each U.S. field office, details about the specialized services provided by IRS-CI, and additional statistics about the agency for FY24.
“During fiscal year 2024, the Atlanta Field Office specials agents, professional staff, and our law enforcement partners diligently worked on behalf of taxpayers to hold those who committed financial crimes accountable,” said Supervisory Special Agent in Charge Demetrius Hardeman, IRS-CI Atlanta Field Office.“
The Atlanta Field Office covers the Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Four cases from the Atlanta Field Office are included in the report.
In Montgomery, Alabama, former executive director of the Alabama Association for Career and Technical Education was featured. Doris Gilmore was sentenced to 37 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for embezzling federal grant funds. Gilmore was ordered to pay more than $2.8 million in restitution and $802,508.88 to the IRS.
Alabama State Representative John Rogers, and his former assistant, Varrie Kindall conspired with former Alabama State representative Fred Pump to defraud and obtain money from a fund designated to benefit the public welfare and provide education benefits to children. Rogers was sentenced to 13 months in prison for his role in the scheme, while Kindall was sentenced to 36 months in prison. Plump was sentenced to 12 months in prison for wire fraud, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice.
Malachi Mullings of Sandy Springs, Georgia was sentenced to 120 months in prison for laundering over $4.5 million dollars of fraud proceeds generated by business email compromise schemes targeting a health care benefit program and romance fraud scams. Mullings and his co-conspirators used a portion of the funds to purchase luxury items.
Ryan P. Mullen, of Jayess, MS, and Duane Dufrene, of Destrehan, LA were sentenced for multiple bank and wire fraud schemes totaling approximately $6.5 million. In another case, their fraudulent activities resulted in a loss of approximately $6.5 million. Mullen was sentenced to 160 months in prison and three years’ supervised release. Dufrene was sentence to 24 months in prison and three years’ supervised release. Both were ordered to pay $6.4 million restitution.
CI special agents are the only federal law enforcement agents with investigative jurisdiction over violations of the Internal Revenue Code, obtaining a more than a 90% federal conviction rate.
The agency has 20 field offices located across the U.S. and 12 attaché posts abroad.
The Atlanta Field Office covers the states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi. You can reach the Atlanta Field Office at atlantafieldoffice@ci.irs.gov and on the IRS-CI Atlanta Field Office LinkedIn.
