DAPHNE, Ala. — A Daphne woman has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison after being convicted of multiple fraud-related offenses, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama.
Ramie Renee Freeman, 56, was sentenced to 93 months in federal prison following convictions for wire fraud, mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, and violations of federal supervised release conditions.
Court records show that in March 2025, Freeman submitted fraudulent documents to a Daphne car dealership to obtain financing for a vehicle. The paperwork included a forged receipt claiming monthly Social Security benefits she was not receiving and an altered annulment order from the Circuit Court in Knox County, Tennessee, falsely indicating monthly alimony payments.
Using those falsified documents, which were transmitted electronically by the dealership, Freeman secured financing through a Texas-based company and purchased a car.
In a separate scheme, Freeman admitted that from January through May 2025 she falsely posed as an attorney and accepted payment from individuals seeking uncontested divorces. In April, she forged her clients’ signatures and mailed fabricated divorce filings to the Baldwin County Courthouse in Bay Minette, along with a check from her own account that later bounced.
When a court employee contacted Freeman about the returned check, she falsely claimed to be an attorney. Authorities said the documents she submitted contained personal identifying information — including names, addresses, birth dates, and Social Security numbers — without the victims’ consent.
Federal agents searched Freeman’s Daphne apartment in May and recovered the vehicle purchased with fraudulent financing, along with records tied to her schemes.
During questioning, Freeman told investigators she returned to fraud because, as a convicted felon, she struggled to find legitimate employment.
At the time of the offenses, Freeman was on federal supervised release for prior fraud convictions in the Southern District of Alabama in 2022. She also has a history of federal fraud convictions in New Hampshire from 2009 and 2011, as well as multiple state-level fraud convictions in that state.
In addition to the prison sentence — which includes 57 months for the new convictions and 36 months for violating supervised release — Freeman was ordered to serve three years of supervised release, with the first six months in a halfway house. She must also undergo drug testing and mental health treatment.
Freeman was not fined but was ordered to pay $300 in special assessments and $3,800 in restitution to victims.
