By Patrick Byrne 
CANTON, OH—An Ohio man was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison today for conspiring to defraud the IRS by failing to report income earned from operating illegal gambling businesses. Jason Kachner, of Canton, was sentenced in connection with his role in two illicit gambling operations, Skilled Shamrock and Redemption, which he co-owned from 2010 to 2018.
According to court documents, patrons wagered over $34 million at Skilled Shamrock between 2012 and 2017, generating more than $4 million in income for Kachner and his partners. To hide their earnings, Kachner and his co-conspirators used a nominee owner to disguise their involvement in the businesses and filed false tax returns that omitted the majority of their income.
The scheme resulted in a loss of $844,692 to the IRS.
In addition to his 20-month prison sentence, U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent ordered Kachner to serve three years of supervised release and pay $1,393,024 in restitution to the United States.
The sentencing was announced by Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Rebecca C. Lutzko for the Northern District of Ohio.
Ryan Rudd