The Wall Street Journal has reported that the current commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) engaged in surveillance of colleagues while working at JPMorgan Chase, prior to his appointment to lead the tax agency. The report alleges that the commissioner spied on coworkers at the bank, including through monitoring of their emails.
Allegations of Surveillance at JPMorgan
According to the WSJ report, the IRS commissioner spied on colleagues at JPMorgan. The report specifically says that the commissioner monitored the emails of certain individuals at the bank. It also states that a former executive from Fiserv, who now leads the IRS, conducted surveillance on coworkers, as detailed in the report.
The commissioner has dismissed the spying allegations. The WSJ report further claims that before leading the IRS, he spied on his JPMorgan co-workers.
The allegations involve monitoring of emails and other activities. The WSJ report details that the IRS commissioner's actions at JPMorgan included surveillance of colleagues, which he has denied.