So how did the IRS first get interested in Carlos Rafael?

Um...

They recognized that he was growing in a time where the industry was shrinking.

Most boats sit idle, confined by federal rules that limit when they can fish

and

what they can catch.

People were having a hard time meeting their loans on their boats.

Yet he was succeeding, and he can step right up and has an abundance of cash to buy them out and buy their permits, most importantly.

So how did the IRS first get interested in Carlos Rafael?

Um...

They recognized that he was growing in a time where the industry was shrinking.

Most boats sit idle, confined by federal rules that limit when they can fish and what they can catch.

People were having a hard time meeting their loans on their boats.

Yet he was succeeding, and he can step right up and has an abundance of cash to buy them out and buy their permits, most importantly.

That led to different theories from other law enforcement that he must be involved in some other illicit illegal activity, and it ran the gambit.

It was just no one knew where it was coming from.

Ron Mullet was the case agent with the IRS.

But I don't recall if on that particular day white vans were involved.

I, I was certainly somewhere where I could respond if things went sideways in there.

Most boats sit idle, confined by federal rules that limit when they can fish and what they can catch.

He, you know, people were having a hard time meeting their, their loans on their boats, yet he was succeeding, and he can step right up and has an abundance of cash to buy them out and buy their permits, most importantly.

That led to different theories from other law enforcement that he must be involved in some other illicit, illegal activity, and, and it ran the gamut.

Some agencies thought he was involved in human trafficking or smuggling.

Some people thought it was drugs.