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YOUNGSTOWN -- Suspended attorney Robert J. Rohrbaugh II called his decision to help a former client with a history of fraud cash a $1.3 million IRS check "one of the dumbest things I have ever done" before U.S. District Court Judge Benita Y. Pearson sentenced him to 52 months in prison today.
Rohrbaugh, 49, left the courthouse today with his family and will be allowed to self-report to prison.
He had a law office on Belmont Avenue in Liberty and lived in Canfield.
He was convicted during a six-day trial in January of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, aiding and abetting theft of government property, aiding and abetting false claims against the United States and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Read more in Thursday’s The Vindicator.