UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. CHRISTOS KARASARIDES, JR. (24-3545); RONALD A. DIPIETRO (24-3553) - Articles

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. CHRISTOS KARASARIDES, JR. (24-3545); RONALD A. DIPIETRO (24-3553)

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Nov 17, 2025

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Jeffrey B. Lazarus, FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE, Cleveland, Ohio, for Christos Karasarides, Jr. Benton C. Martin, FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEFENDER’S OFFICE, Detroit, Michigan, for Ronald A. DiPietro.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED: Joseph B. Syverson, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Jeffrey B. Lazarus, FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE, Cleveland, Ohio, for Christos Karasarides, Jr. Benton C. Martin, FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEFENDER’S OFFICE, Detroit, Michigan, for Ronald A. DiPietro.

Attorneys 4: ON BRIEF: Joseph B. Syverson, Gregory S. Knapp, S. Robert Lyons, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Judge(s): MOORE, GRIFFIN, and NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio at Akron

NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judge. Jason Kachner, Christos Karasarides Jr., Larry Dayton, and Ronald DiPietro created two illegal gambling businesses in northern Ohio: Skilled Shamrock and Redemption. Both housed gaming machines where players could try to win cash. Everything about these operations relied on cash: cash payouts to players, cash to employees, and cash profits to the owners. With cash profits, the owners could hide their income day-to- day, and DiPietro, an accountant, helped them hide it on the back-end in the tax returns they filed with the IRS. For all this, a jury found Christos Karasarides Jr. and Ronald DiPietro guilty of a series of conspiracies and stand-alone tax-related crimes. Now they challenge the procedures of their trial and their sentencing. Because none of their arguments has merit, we AFFIRM.

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