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Biography
Kathy Enstrom is the Director of Investigations for the Moore Tax Law Group and a former Executive within Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS CI). Having spent nearly 28 years in federal law enforcement, Ms. Enstrom has expertise in financial crimes, specifically income and employment tax evasion, money laundering, bank secrecy act violations, government assistance fraud and bank fraud.
Ms. Enstrom has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Mount Mercy University (Cedar Rapids, IA) and a Master of Business Administration from Cardinal Stritch University (Milwaukee, WI). She is also a Certified Fraud Examiner through the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and an Enrolled Agent and authorized to represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service.
Ms. Enstrom began her IRS career in 1995 as an intern with IRS CI in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and the year following was sworn in as a Special Agent in Chicago, Illinois. She then moved throughout the organization in various investigative and management roles. These supervisory roles were located in Chicago, New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, and Ottawa, Canada.
Ms. Enstrom rose to an executive position within IRS CI and her last assignment was to serve as Executive Director of Field Operations-Northern Area, overseeing one-third of the United States which included offices headquartered in Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Newark, Boston and New York City. Previous to this assignment, she was the Executive Special Agent in Charge for the Chicago Field Office and the Executive Director for CI’s Operations, Policy and Support. There she oversaw all CI policy and Internal Revenue Manual updates and the Financial Crimes Section, National Forensic Lab, Special Investigative Techniques Section, Warrants & Forfeitures Section, Treasury Liaison, TEOAF Liaison and FinCEN Liaison.
Ms. Enstrom’s time in federal law enforcement concluded with her role as Chicago’s Special Agent in Charge of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of Inspector General from July 2021 to March 2023. In this role, she conducted investigations involving bank fraud and oversaw agents covering six states in the Midwest which included Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky.
Ms. Enstrom lives in the northern suburbs of Chicago with her husband and a rescued Doberman Pincher, named Hank.
Speaking Engagements
Previous Speaking Engagements
- Kathy Enstrom participated in the Podcast “Veteran investigator Kathy Enstrom walks u through the effective investigation with GRIP on January 22, 2024.
2023
- Kathy Enstrom moderated the “Employee Retention Credit: Civil and Criminal Enforcement” panel at the 2023 ABA 40th Annual National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud in Las Vegas, NV on December 9, 2023.
- Kathy Enstrom interviewed IRS Criminal Investigation Deputy Director Guy Ficco at the 2023 IRS Tax Representation Conference, on December 1, 2023.
- Kathy Enstrom spoke on the “Ethical Practices & The Dangers of Getting Too Close to Clients” panel at the 2023 IRS Tax Representation Conference, on December 1, 2023.
- Kathy Enstrom moderated the IRS Enforcement Around ERC panel at the at the 2023 IRS Tax Representation Conference, on December 1, 2023.
- Kathy Enstrom spoke on the “Unfolding a Criminal Case” panel at the 2023 IRS Tax Representation Conference, on November 30, 2023.
- Kathy Enstrom spoke on the “Employee Retention Credit Audits and Investigations – The Tsunami is Coming” panel at the Hawaii Tax Institute Conference on November 9, 2023.
- Kathy Enstrom participated in the Podcast “Everyone Deserves a Defense, Episode 128 with Kathy Enstrom, Director of Investigations-Moore Tax Law Group with Fraudish on November 7, 2023.
- Kathy Enstrom spoke on the “Digital Forensic Accounting: Real Examples on How This Will Help Tax Professionals in Today’s World” panel at the Hawaii Tax Institute Conference on November 7, 2023.
- Kathy Enstrom spoke on the “Employee Retention Credits – Promoters, (Ghost) Preparers and the Employers Caught in the Middle” panel at the UCLA Tax Controversy Institute in Beverly Hills, CA on October 26, 2023.
- Kathy Enstrom was the keynote speaker at the Accounting & Financial Women’s Alliance (AWFA) Women Who Count Conference on October 25, 2023, in Reno, NV.
- Kathy Enstrom spoke at the ABA’s Virtual Fall Tax Meeting on the ABA’s Tax Practice & Technology Committee’s panel on October 19, 2023.
- Kathy Enstrom spoke at the Everlaw Summit during the “Government Networking Session” in San Francisco, CA on October 10-12, 2023.
- Kathy Enstrom spoke on a “COVID Relief Fraud & Enforcement” panel at the Federal Bar Associations St. Louis Chapter’s Summer Tax Summit in St. Louis, MO on August 29, 2023.
- Kathy Enstrom was on a speaking panel about “IRS Criminal Investigation Division Enforcement Update” at the NYU Tax Controversy Forum, New York, NY on June 9, 2023.
- Kathy Enstrom was on a speaking panel regarding Criminal Tax Enforcement Updates on June 7, 2023, for the Annual BBQ hosted by Agostino & Associates, in Hackensack, NJ.
- Kathy Enstrom was on a panel speaking on topic of “How to Navigate Defending PPP, EDIL and ERC Cases” at the ABA Section of Taxation, May Tax Meeting in Washington, DC on May 6, 2023.