Treasury Department watchdog investigating allegations of illegal spying
The Treasury Department's inspector general said Friday that it is probing allegations that the department's intelligence division has been illegally looking at private financial records of U.S. citizens.
Employees of another Treasury branch, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, have reportedly warned federal officials and Congress that private banking and financial information belonging to U.S. citizens has been searched and stored illegally, BuzzFeed reported.
BuzzFeed cited an unnamed Treasury official as calling the activity on the part of the department's intelligence branch "domestic spying."
Counsel to the Treasury's inspector general told The Associated Press, "The issues referred to in the article are currently being reviewed as part of a Treasury OIG audit."
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/354350-treasury-inspector-general-investigating-spying-accusations-report