A Youngstown businessman and former candidate for Ohio State Representative has pleaded guilty to five felony charges related to misappropriation of $460,000 in investor funds.
Brandon Kovach, 35, pleaded guilty in the Summit County Court of Common Pleas to a second-degree felony count of telecommunications fraud, a third-degree felony count of aggravated theft, a third-degree felony count of securing writings by deception, a third-degree felony count of money laundering and a fourth-degree felony count of grand theft.
Kovach was originally indicted in March 2026 after he allegedly defrauded an individual out of $460,000 between August 2019 and December 2021…