A Youngstown man has been sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh after being found guilty of tax fraud.

United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon sentenced tax preparer Brian A. VanDusen, 52, to 30 months imprisonment and one year of supervised release.

According to the court, VanDusen operated a business called 'Easy Tax Refund,' a tax preparation company in downtown Pittsburgh.

Between 2014 and 2018, the court ruled that VanDusen and tax-preparing employees at his company prepared and transmitted hundreds of false federal income tax returns, including falsified Schedule C profit and loss income from a business, resulting in illegal tax refunds.

Losses to the IRS totaled $994,824, according to the press release.