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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsInternal Revenue Service Analyst Indicted ((John Fry/Michael Cohen))
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/internal-revenue-service-analyst-indictedDepartment of Justice
U.S. Attorneys Office
Northern District of California
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Internal Revenue Service Analyst Indicted
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted John Fry today for illegally disclosing information from Suspicious Activity Reports, misusing his computer, and illegally using a social security number, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and United States Department of the Treasury, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), Special Agent in Charge Rod Ammari.
According to the indictment and a previously unsealed criminal complaint, Fry, 54, of San Francisco, unlawfully accessed and disclosed Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and SAR information pertaining to an individual taxpayer and a company owned by the taxpayer. Fry was an Investigative Analyst for the IRSs law enforcement arm, the Criminal Investigation Division, in San Francisco. In this position, Fry had access to various law enforcement databases including the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Palantir, and the Integrated Data Retrieval System.
The TIGTA investigation revealed that in May 2018, Fry logged on to FinCEN and Palantir from his work computer and conducted numerous searches related to the taxpayer who was a New York attorney. Fry then disclosed the SAR information to an attorney based in Newport Beach, Calif. On May 8, 2018, the attorney used a public Twitter account to circulate a dossier releasing confidential banking information related to the taxpayer and the taxpayers company. The SAR information that was passed to the Los Angeles attorney was published in the Washington Post on May 8, 2018. The Los Angeles attorney put Fry in contact with an investigative reporter in New York which led to confirmation of the confidential banking information and an interview, which was published in The New Yorker on May 16, 2018.
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Internal Revenue Service Analyst Indicted ((John Fry/Michael Cohen)) (Original Post)
nitpicker
Mar 2019
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nitpicker
(7,153 posts)1. Link to Salon background article
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(1,893 posts)2. They way it's writing it sound like they are going to squeeze Avenatti