Southern Brooklyn Councilmember Deutsch pleads guilty to tax fraud
Brooklyn Councilmember Chaim Deutsch (D-Brighton Beach-Manhattan Beach-Sheepshead Bay-Homecrest-Midwood) pleaded guilty on Thursday to filing a false tax return in connection with funds he received from his real estate management firm.
He entered his plea before U.S Magistrate Judge James L. Cott in U.S. District Court for the Southern District in Manhattan.
Deutsch, who has served on the New York City Council since 2014, was the sole owner of Chasa Management, Inc., a real estate management business.
In or around March 2016, Deutsch filed a personal tax return for calendar year 2015 that included false and fraudulent information about his income and business expenses in connection with operating Chasa Management, according to court documents.