Instructor Biography

About The Instructor

Guy Ficco 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 11 foreign countries, who investigate crimes involving tax, money laundering, public corruption, cyber, ID theft, narcotics and terrorist-financing.

Prior to his selection as Deputy Chief, Guy was the Executive Director of Global Operations, Policy and Support where he oversaw the agency's international footprint as well as much of IRS CI's policies as they relate to investigations. Guy previously served as the Special Agent in Charge of the Philadelphia Field Office from April 2018 to March 2020 where he led investigative activities and employees in the states of Pennsylvania and Delaware. Prior to these assignments, Guy has served in a number of CI leadership roles including Supervisory Special Agent in the Washington Field Office, Senior Analyst in both Financial Crimes and International Operations sections, Assistant Special Agent in Charge for the Washington Field Office, Director of Special Investigative Techniques and acting Deputy Director of CI's Strategy section. Guy was also a Congressional Fellow through the Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University, assigned to the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) in the Senate Homeland Security Committee. 

Guy has a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree with a concentration in Accounting from Dominican College in New York. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner and joined IRS Criminal Investigation in 1995.