Platte Woods businessman sentenced to federal prison –

FAILURE TO PAY $600,000 IN INCOME TAX

A Platte Woods business owner has been sentenced in federal court for failing to pay more than $600,000 in federal income taxes over several years.

Daniel Alan Ryan, 63, was sentenced by U.S. Magistrate Judge Jill A. Morris to one year in federal prison without the possibility of parole. The court also ordered Ryan to pay a $20,000 fine and pay $626,012 in restitution, plus interest, to the IRS.

Ryan is the owner of Ryan Roofing Systems, Inc. and Ryan Construction Systems, Inc.

On December 5, 2023, Ryan pleaded guilty to one count of failure to file a tax return. Ryan also admitted that he did not file a tax return or pay his income taxes for many years.

According to court documents, IRS investigators began questioning Ryan about his nonpayment of taxes in early 2012. That investigation continued over the next several years.

After learning of this criminal investigation, authorities said Ryan failed to file tax returns from 2015 to 2017, resulting in a tax loss of $138,385 over those years.

Before those years, Ryan admitted that the tax loss from 2009 to 2013 totaled another $487,627, for a total amount of $626,012.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Daly. The case was investigated by IRS-Criminal Investigation.