MD Man Sentenced For Pocketing Over $2M In Taxes

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — Brett Hill, of Parkton and Berlin, was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison for failing to hand over millions in payroll taxes to the government.

He is also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay over $650,000 in restitution to the federal government.

Hill had been convicted on 16 counts of willful failure to collect and pay over employment taxes in April 2025. He had held a leadership role in two separate telecommunications companies.

The case dates back to 2016, when — through the fourth quarter of 2018 — Hill withheld federal income and Social Security and Medicare taxes from his employees' paychecks but failed to turn over the funds.

He also failed to file quarterly employment tax returns.

An investigation by the Internal Revenue Service determined that Hill pocketed over $2 million.

Hill was originally facing five years in prison for each count of tax crimes.