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Federal Tipoffs Involving Ohio Newsletter for Tuesday June 11, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Justice Dept.: 2 Ohio Men Sentenced for Operating Illegal Gambling Businesses and Tax Fraud Conspiracy
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Two Ohio men were sentenced to prison today for tax, gambling, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction crimes arising out of their ownership and operation of illegal 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,  more

Ky. U.S. Attorney: Ohio Man Sentenced for Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Trafficking
ASHLAND, Kentucky, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: A Ironton, Ohio man, Freddie Knipp, Jr., 53, was sentenced on Monday, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, to 138 months in prison, for two counts of distribution of methamphetamine and one count of sale of a firearm to a convicted felon. In August 2019, law enforcement officers with KSP and ATF received information regarding drug trafficking a  more