Gary Shapley grew up in Norwich, NY, and began his college career at Binghamton University before volunteering with AmeriCorps in Colorado. He later earned a B.S. in accounting and business administration from the University of Maryland and an MBA from the University of Baltimore. After interning at the Department of Defense, Gary worked in the Inspector General’s Office at the NSA before joining IRS-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) in 2009. From 2013 to 2018, he was detailed to the DOJ Tax Division, investigating foreign financial institutions, including Credit Suisse and HSBC PBRS, as part of the Swiss Bank Program. He also worked on the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) at the FBI Washington and Baltimore Field Offices. In 2018, he was promoted to supervisory special agent in Baltimore and helped establish the Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (J5), an international effort to combat financial crimes. He later led the International Tax and Financial Crimes (ITFC) group, overseeing elite agents specializing in complex tax fraud cases, and was recently promoted to Deputy Chief of IRS CI. He has also been detailed as a senior advisor working on IRS reform with the Secretary of the Treasury.
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Gary Shapley grew up in Norwich, NY, and began his college career at Binghamton University before volunteering with AmeriCorps in Colorado. He later earned a B.S. in Accounting and Business Administration from the University of Maryland and an MBA from the University of Baltimore. After interning at the Department of Defense, Gary worked in the Inspector General’s Office at the NSA before joining IRS-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) in 2009. From 2013 to 2018, he was detailed to the DOJ Tax Division, investigating foreign financial institutions, including Credit Suisse and HSBC PBRS, as part of the Swiss Bank Program. He also worked on the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) at the FBI Washington and Baltimore Field Offices. In 2018, he was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent in Baltimore and helped establish the Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (J5), an international effort to combat financial crimes. He later led the International Tax and Financial Crimes (ITFC) group, overseeing elite agents specializing in complex tax fraud cases where he continues to work today.
