[1] Special agents handle a wide range of investigations, including those involving tax fraud, tax evasion, and other acts that circumvent revenue laws.
Agents also attend in-service training and are required to meet firearms qualifications.
These highly trained, law enforcement personnel work mainly with white-collar crime.
They often work closely with federal, state, county, and local law enforcement agencies and make arrests, conduct searches and seizures, and participate in raids.
Their expertise in financial crime investigations is often sought by other law enforcement agencies.