Ohio Man Sentenced for Tax Evasion, Illegal Gambling Business

An Ohio man was sentenced to over seven years in prison for tax evasion, money laundering, and gambling crimes arising out of his ownership of illegal gambling businesses, the Justice Department announced Thursday.

According to the DOJ, from 2009 to 2022, Steven Saris owned and operated multiple illegal gambling businesses in Northeast Ohio and Florida. Saris concealed his involvement in and income from these businesses by having others serve as nominee owners, and by destroying and directing others to destroy business records.

The DOJ said for 2015, Saris filed a false tax return that did not report more than …