Fall 2006

Friday, October 13, 2006
Pace University and Queens College students teamed up with IRS criminal investigators
to investigate hypothetical financial crimes as honorary "IRS Special Agents for a Day."

Press coverage:
>> "Pace University and Queens College students team up with IRS criminal investigators", Pace University press release, September 28, 2006
>> "Bean counters with badges: Accounting majors get hands-on practice in rough-and-tumble financial forensics, led by IRS investigators", Newsday, October 17, 2006
>> "Accountants With Guns: IRS Trains QC Students In Real World Cases", Queens Tribune, October 20, 2006

IRS agents plot strategy.
		Student "agent" Shirley Lau (left) with Queens student "agent"
Pace students enjoy "casino anonymous" gambling.
		Justine Russell, "Pace Special Agent for a Day" (left) is ready to make a seizure of financial records.
IRS Special Agents pose as suspects.
Beta Alpha Psi president Rongchen (Chris) Chen (left) takes a break with a real IRS Special Agent.
		Student agent (left) surveilling the "suspect."
Chris Chen with Joe Foy, Special Agent in charge of arranging "Undercover Agent for A Day" at Pace.
		Croupiers and students watching the "suspect."
Student team plots strategy with their "coach."