David X. Sullivan, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that David Adams, 65, of Old Saybrook, has been sentenced to nine months in prison for violating the conditions 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, in Hartford federal court to 90 months in prison and three years of supervised release after failing to pay more than $4.8 million in federal income taxes over a period exceeding two decades. He was released from prison in April 2024.
While under supervised release, Adams did not pay restitution as ordered and failed to disclose a bank account to the U.S. Probation Office. According to court records, he used this account to spend over $100,000 on attending University of Connecticut basketball games and other sporting events, dining at expensive restaurants, shopping sprees, and providing 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 upon completion. Adams is required to report to prison on January 12.
Adams’ criminal record includes 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; and another in 1992 for failing to file tax returns for the years 1984 through 1986.
The case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Susan L. Wines.
