Ohio: Man sentenced in multi-million gambling tax fraud case

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 3:37 PM
  • Ohio
  • Patty Coller, WKBN

The father who was part of a father-and-son scheme to defraud the government of tax money was sentenced Monday, along with his co-conspirator.

The charges surround business operations at Canton-area Skilled Shamrock and Redemption, among other gambling businesses.

Christos Karasarides Jr. was sentenced to serve 262 months in prison and three years of supervised release, to pay $5,541,520 in restitution to the United States and to forfeit his residence and $419,768 in cash.

Ronald DiPietro was sentenced to 112 months in prison and three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $4,763,520 in restitution to the United States.