A 26-year-old Edina man who ran a roofing and gutter company has been charged with two felonies after investigators say he collected wages for workers on a St. Paul public housing project but never filed or paid the required state withholding tax. Brian Alanis Ramos allegedly owes more than $45,000 in tax, penalties and interest tied to work his company performed at McDonough Town Homes.
The Bring Me The News reports that Ramos was charged with one felony count of failing to file a Minnesota withholding tax return and one felony count of failing to pay withholding tax. The charges, announced jointly by the Minnesota Department of Revenue and the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office, stem from roofing and guttering work his company did on the housing complex, which sits on Timberlake Road in St. Paul and is operated by the Saint Paul Public Housing Agency.
Ramos’s company, Limanis Remodeling & Exteriors, was brought in as the roofing and gutter subcontractor for the McDonough Town Homes Phase 2 project in June 2025, according to the Minnesota Department of Revenue and Ramsey County Attorney’s Office. Per the complaint, Ramos submitted wage documentation identifying 18 Limanis employees working on the project, along with paperwork listing their hours, wages and withholding information, but allegedly never filed the corresponding tax return or paid what was owed.
188 Checks Didn’t Add Up
Investigators studied 188 checks that Ramos claimed represented wage payments to his employees. The checks in question were determined not to be drawn from Limanis Remodeling & Exteriors’ business bank account, according to the joint announcement from state and county officials.
Banking records allegedly showed that checks and withdrawals from the business account largely went toward Ramos’s personal use, as well as payments to businesses and individuals associated with his extended family, per the same account from the Minnesota Department of Revenue and Ramsey County Attorney’s Office. All told, Ramos allegedly owes more than $45,000 in withholding tax, penalties and interest.
Part of a Broader Pattern at the Same Complex
This isn’t the only legal trouble tied to Ramos’s work at McDonough Town Homes. Ramsey County previously charged him with two counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud connected to the same roofing project, as reported in May by Finance & Commerce. The tax case is also linked to a separate September 2025 wage-theft and fraud case against three owners of Bayvista, Inc., which involved a 2024 project at the same housing complex, according to KSTP.
Ramsey County Attorney John Choi said the case shows how different investigations can intersect. He said the probe into workers not receiving earned wages uncovered evidence of additional criminal conduct, and that the case demonstrates the value of collaboration between the wage theft investigator and the Minnesota Department of Revenue. Choi added that his office remains committed to protecting workers and public funds.
Ramos is set to make his first court appearance on Nov. 17, per KSTP’s reporting. KSTP reported the case before Bring Me The News, where Adam Uren, who leads the outlet’s Minnesota and western Wisconsin news coverage, wrote the original story.
