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IRS May Have Obtained Phone Location Data Without Warrant

Loaded on Nov. 3, 2020 by Anthony Accurso

Filed under: Cell-Phones. Location: United States of America.

by Anthony Accurso

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (“TIGTA”) is expected to investigate a claim that the IRS Criminal Investigation (“CI”) unit attempted to obtain location data on suspects without first obtaining a warrant.

The Supreme Court ruled in Carpenter v. United States (2019) that location data drawn ...

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