IRS Tax News
IRS-CI names Gary Shapley as deputy chief
IR-2025-35, March 19, 2025
WASHINGTON — Gary Shapley has been named deputy chief for IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), starting March 19. In his new role, Shapley will oversee 20 field offices and 14 foreign posts, including more than 2,000 special agents investigating tax fraud and other financial crimes.
“Gary has been instrumental in many of our cases with an international nexus, and he brings a wealth of knowledge to the role of IRS-CI deputy chief,” said IRS-CI Chief Guy Ficco.
Shapley joined the IRS in 2009 as an IRS-CI special agent and has significant experience conducting international cases that involve foreign financial institutions and high-net worth individuals with complex financial assets. He was recently selected to serve as a senior advisor to Secretary Scott Bessent at the Department of Treasury.
Prior to that, Shapley served as a supervisory special agent for IRS-CI’s International Tax and Financial Crime group, an elite team of special agents who investigate fraudulent activity involving offshore tax holdings, financial institutions and foreign bank accounts. Shapley also served as the assistant special agent in charge of the Chicago Field Office from December 2021 to November 2022 and as the acting assistant special agent in charge of the New York Field Office from April 2021 to September 2021.
From 2013 to 2018, Shapley investigated foreign financial institutions that violated of U.S. law as part of the Department of Justice and IRS’ Swiss Bank Program. He also served as a task force officer on two of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces where he pursued national security threats.
Shapley began his federal government career at the National Security Agency working in the Office of the Inspector General.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and business administration from the University of Maryland and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Baltimore.
IRS-CI is the law enforcement arm of the IRS, responsible for conducting financial crime investigations, including tax fraud, narcotics trafficking, money-laundering, public corruption, healthcare fraud, identity theft and more. IRS-CI special agents are the only federal law enforcement agents with investigative jurisdiction over violations of the Internal Revenue Code, obtaining a 90% federal conviction rate. The agency has 20 field offices located across the U.S. and 14 attaché posts abroad.