BRIEF: Brian Bolus agrees to plead guilty to tax evasion

Nov. 19--Tax evasion plea deal reached

SCRANTON -- A Lewisburg man already facing charges for health insurance fraud and environmental crimes agreed Wednesday to plead guilty to income tax evasion.

Brian J. Bolus, 45, of Lewisburg, reached the plea deal with federal prosecutors relating to his 2012 income tax return. According to court papers, Mr. Bolus underreported his income, resulting in a tax loss of $139,203 to the government.

Mr. Bolus, the son of Scranton businessman Bob Bolus, is awaiting trial in Northampton County on charges his company, Minuteman Environmental Services, illegally dumped wastewater from Marcellus Shale drilling operations.

-- TERRIE MORGAN-BESECKER

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