Deron D. Freeman, Tax Fraud, Connecticut 2021

Convicted: Deron D. Freeman, 47, of Glastonbury, Connecticut

Crime: Tax fraud offenses

City and State: Hartford, Connecticut

Exact Date: October and November 2021

Sentence: Up to 13 years in prison, currently released on a $100,000 bond pending sentencing.

According to the evidence presented during a bench trial in October and November 2021, Deron D. Freeman, an attorney who has owned and operated The Law Offices of Deron Freeman in Hartford, was found guilty of tax fraud offenses. Freeman primarily practiced in the areas of personal injury and criminal law.

Between 2006 and 2010, Freeman fell severely behind on his federal tax payments and failed to pay his overdue tax balance, despite multiple notices of delinquent taxes and the imposition of payment and interest by the IRS. In 2010, the IRS initiated a collection action against Freeman for the 2007, 2008, and 2009 tax years.

In 2011, Freeman entered into a payment plan with the IRS, but soon after, he began using a bank account in the name of a third party to hold hundreds of thousands of dollars in an attempt to protect the funds from IRS scrutiny.

Freeman subsequently filed false tax returns for 2011, 2012, and 2013, failing to pay taxes on approximately $950,000 in income in those years, and also failed to pay significant taxes owed for the 2014 and 2015 tax years. The evidence at trial revealed that Freeman spent lavishly on cars and watercraft and, between 2012 and 2016, spent approximately $1.5 million constructing a new home.

Freeman is set to be sentenced, but no date has been scheduled. He faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 13 years. Freeman is currently out on a $100,000 bond pending sentencing.

This investigation has been conducted by the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation Division. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Susan L. Wines and Christopher W. Schmeisser.

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