AKRON — Youngstown attorney Robert J. Rohrbaugh II and a co-defendant were arraigned Monday in federal court on a superseding indictment in a fraud case.

The new indictment adds a charge for Rohrbaugh, but eliminates charges against another Youngstown defendant.

Rohrbaugh, who is represented by attorney Samuel Amendolara, pleaded not guilty Monday and remained free on bond. Judge Kathleen Burke presided over the hearing.

Rohrbaugh, 46; Brandon R. Mace, 43, of Youngstown; and Terris C. Baker, 49, of Canton originally were indicted July 1 on charges related to theft and money laundering. They were accused of filing fraudulent income tax returns. But the new indictment now refers to Mace as “named but not charged.”

Rohrbaugh’s new charge also accuses him of knowingly failing to report all of his income for 2015.

Federal prosecutors allege Baker paid Rohrbaugh $150,000 in 2015 for the legal work Rohrbaugh did for Baker in connection to the enterprise.

The government alleges that from about January 2015 to about September 2015, the defendants conspired to submit fraudulent federal income tax returns in the names of various fictitious entities to the IRS in order to obtain refunds. One government refund check totaled $1.35 million in the name of a fictitious business called Speed Werks LLC, the government alleges.

The superseding indictment lists seven fraudulent tax returns Mace caused to be filed totaling about $9 million in refunds requested.

When asked about the charges in July, Amendolara replied in an email, “Attorney Rohrbaugh was surprised by the filing of this indictment. The allegations contained in the indictment date back five years.” He added that the allegations “centered around a fraud” committed by the two other men. Amendolara said one of the two other men was a client of Rohrbaugh’s.

The government has alleged that Mace was an inmate in the federal prison system from November 2012 to July 2016 — during the time the enterprise operated.

A July 17, 2015, email between Mace and Rohrbaugh cited in government documents stated that Mace was about two weeks away from leaving a halfway house where he was staying.

Rohrbaugh’s primary office location was in Youngstown, the superseding indictment states. The address for Rohrbaugh on his Ohio Supreme Court registry is 3200 Belmont Ave.

Rohrbaugh was licensed as a lawyer in November 1999, according to his indictment.

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