Gary Shapley is the Deputy Chief of IRS Criminal Investigation. He is responsible for overseeing a worldwide staff of 3,200 CI employees, including approximately 2,200 special agents in 20 Field Offices and 14 foreign countries, who investigate crimes involving tax, money laundering, public corruption, cyber, ID theft, narcotics and terrorist-financing.

Shapley joined the IRS in 2009 as an IRS-CI special agent and has significant experience investigating 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 his selection as Deputy Chief, 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.