Thomas Helmick News Today

A federal jury recently convicted two Ohio men of tax, gambling, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction crimes related to their operation of illegal gambling businesses in Canton and their scheme to conceal the illicit proceeds from those businesses to avoid paying taxes. Two others involved in the conspiracy pleaded guilty.

The verdicts against Christos Karasarides Jr. and Ronald DiPietro capped a yearslong probe after raids several skill game parlors in July 2018.

Prosecutors announced indictments against seven more defendants accused of operating illegal gaming in Stark County or helping to hide their profits.

Prosecutors announced indictments against seven more defendants accused of operating illegal gaming in Stark County or helping to hide their profits.

Ten people have been charged in alleged illegal gambling schemes in Canton, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

Rebecca Kachner, who pleaded guilty in July of not disclosing her income from illegal gambling establishments, was sentenced to 24 months in prison.

Larry Dayton was sentenced to 36 months and ordered to pay $938,000 in restitution for his ties to the Skilled Shamrock and Redemption gaming parlors.

A man in Florida is the third defendant to plead guilty for his role as an owner of two now-shuttered skill games parlors in Plain Township.

Prosecutors are seeking to finalize the forfeiture of $241,266 after a Canton couple Jason and Rebecca Kachner pleaded guilty to federal charges.

In a second superseding indictment unsealed today, a federal grand jury in Cleveland, Ohio, charged Christos Karasarides Jr., of Canton, with tax evasion, filing false tax returns, witness tampering, falsifying records and five separate conspiracies to operate illegal gambling businesses, defraud the IRS and commit money laundering.