A Scottsdale man has been sentenced to 20 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $430,000 in restitution for tax evasion.

Ryan C. Patterson, 34, was sentenced last week after being convicted in September by a federal grand jury following a two-week trial, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Arizona district.

Patterson, a contractor specializing in remodels, directed customers to make out checks to him personally and deposited the checks into his personal checking accounts, the release stated, adding he failed to report $1.9 million in income and avoided nearly $550,000 in taxes.

He also reported a loss of $38,000 in 2016, officials said, “while at the same time purchasing a primary residence for $445,000 in cash and making other lavish expenditures.”

After serving his prison sentence for the conviction on three counts, Patterson will be on three years of supervised release. He also was ordered to pay $436,194 in restitution to the IRS.

“The conviction and sentencing of the defendant are the result of an effort by the Internal Revenue Service to vindicate the rights of honest American taxpayers by holding scofflaws to account,” said U.S. Attorney Gary Restaino.

“Instead of following the law, Patterson blatantly ignored it, and selfishly lined his pockets with money to which he wasn’t entitled.”