Colorado Springs Chiropractor Guilty Of Conspiracy And Filing False Income Tax Returns

DENVER – United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn and IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Steven Osborne announce that a Denver jury found Thomas Forster Gehrmann, Jr., age 45, of Colorado Springs, Colorado guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States and guilty of filing three false income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service.  The guilty verdicts were the result of a six-day trial before U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson.  Defendant Gehrmann was indicted with Eric William Carlson, age 53, also of Colorado Springs, Colorado, on July 22, 2015.  Gehrmann will be sentenced on March 19, 2019, by Judge Jackson.  Pending sentencing, Gehrmann is free on bond.

According to information contained in the indictment and evidence presented at trial, from January 2007 until September 2011, Gehrmann, Carlson and an unindicted co-conspirator conspired to defraud the Internal Revenue Service.  Gehrmann and Carlson filed false U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns for the calendar years 2008, 2009 and 2010 by failing to report the income they diverted from their business.  The defendant and others skimmed money from their chiropractic practice business, using the funds for personal use.   In total the defendant skimmed just under half a million dollars from their business.

This case was investigated by IRS Criminal Investigation. Gehrmann faces up to 5 years in prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States and 3 years in prison for each count of filing a false tax return.  Carlson, who pled guilty to filing a false tax return on October 24, 2018, is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Jackson on February 8, 2019.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Suneeta Hazra, Chief of the Criminal Division, as well as Bryan Fields and Conor Flanigan.