[FISCAL NOTES — LINE ITEMS] Riding Along with the Comptroller's Criminal Investigation Division

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  Photo of an investigator testing diesel fuel
In Howard County, Investigator Brett Froh samples red-dyed diesel fuel stolen from a company where the truck's owner worked.
   
What do a former Houston cop, a tax collector and a game warden all have in common? They now chase tax cheats for the Texas Comptroller's Criminal Investigation Division (CID).

Join Fiscal Notes as we investigate CID's mission and some of the interesting and nefarious cases they crack around the state. Along the way, you'll learn about dyed-diesel fraud, record seizures, fuel theft and more. You'll learn more about the CID's unique law enforcement employees, and the types of individuals the division recruits.