YOUNGSTOWN — The case against two men, including a local attorney, accused of conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service is set for trial July 26 after being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

U.S. District Court Judge Benita Pearson in March moved the trial date back at the request of the attorney Robert J. Rohrbaugh II, 46, and co-defendant Terris C. Baker, 49, of Canton, who cited health and safety aspects of holding trials in the midst of the viral outbreak.

The latest court orders in the Northern District of Ohio allow jury trials to resume in all district courts, including Youngstown, where the Rohrbaugh-Baker trial would be held. A final pretrial hearing is set for 1:30 p.m. July 15.

Rohrbaugh, who has pleaded not guilty, remains free on bond. Brandon R. Mace, 43, of Youngstown, was indicted originally in the case, but was listed in a superseding indictment as “named but not charged.”

Among other things, Rohrbaugh, who lists an office at 200 Belmont Ave., is accused of knowingly failing to report all of his income for 2015.

Also, 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 IRS refund check was for $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.

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

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