A Hendersonville man with a history of elaborate fraud schemes will spend years behind bars after pleading guilty to multiple felony charges in Sumner County.
On March 2, 2026, Assistant District Attorneys Christopher V. Boiano and Sergeant Thomas Holman of the Hendersonville Police Department secured felony convictions against 26-year-old Chase Brodie Brown in Sumner County Criminal Court. Jennifer S. Nichols, a judge in the Sumner County Circuit Court, sentenced Brown to 15 years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. The sentence will be served consecutively to time he still owes on a federal conviction.
Brown pleaded guilty to Criminal Simulation over $60,000, Theft of Property over $10,000, Criminal Simulation over $250,000, and Money Laundering.
Before the Sumner County case, Brown had already drawn the attention of federal authorities. In 2021, at age 22, he pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges in Illinois. At the time of his most recent offenses, he was on supervised release from the Federal Bureau of Prisons and now faces additional time once his state sentence is complete.
The local charges stem from multiple schemes:
• Criminal Simulation over $10,000: After being evicted from a rental property, Brown was required to post a $15,000 appeal bond with the Sumner County Clerk’s Office to retain possession during the appeal process. Prosecutors said he submitted a fraudulent check in an attempt to satisfy the bond.
• Theft of Property over $10,000: Investigators determined Brown used a fraudulent $50,000 check to obtain a 2024 Malibu wake boat from a Hendersonville business. The check was returned for insufficient funds and flagged as fraudulent. Authorities said Brown later sold the boat to an unsuspecting third party, who ultimately had to return it to its rightful owner.
• Criminal Simulation over $250,000: On May 28, 2024, detectives observed Brown moving property from his Hendersonville residence into a storage unit. After securing a search warrant, investigators found hundreds of financial documents, including blank and preprinted checks. Among them was a fraudulent $380,476.54 check made payable to Brown and described as closing proceeds from a title company related to property on Rio Vista Drive in Madison. The title company confirmed no closing had occurred and that Brown had no ownership interest in the property.
• Money Laundering by Concealment: Authorities said Brown opened a bank account in May 2024 and deposited proceeds from the fraudulent boat sale. He then attempted to disguise the source of the funds by transferring money through Zelle to his girlfriend, who operated an OnlyFans account.
The Sumner County District Attorney’s Office credited the Hendersonville Police Department, including Sergeant Holman and Detective Stephen Fye, for their investigative work in bringing the case to a close.
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