David X. Sullivan, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that David Adams, 65, from Old Saybrook, was sentenced to nine months in prison for violating the terms of his supervised release. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven.
Adams had previously been sentenced on November 27, 2018, to 90 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release after failing to pay over $4.8 million in federal income taxes over more than two decades. He was released from prison in April 2024.
While on supervised release, Adams did not pay restitution as ordered by the court and failed to inform the U.S. Probation Office about a bank account he accessed. According to court documents and statements made during proceedings, Adams used this account to spend more than $100,000 on attending University of Connecticut basketball games and other live sporting events, dining at expensive restaurants, shopping sprees, and giving money to a friend.
After admitting these violations, Judge Bolden revoked Adams’ supervised release and imposed a nine-month prison term with no additional supervised release following incarceration. Adams is required to report to prison on January 12.
Adams has two prior federal convictions: one in 1986 for credit card fraud involving more than $588,000 in fraudulent sales drafts through his floral business over three months in 1985; another in 1992 for failing to file tax returns for the years 1984 through 1986.
The case was investigated by IRS Criminal Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Susan L. Wines.
