This doesn’t mean Chris Gonos is lying about what happened in the brawl, but his background is something you need to take into account when deciding if you believe his story or not.
Here are the details via The Sandusky Register.
Andreas Gonos, 28, Chris Gonos, 31, and Kyriakos Gonos, 30, all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to structure financial transactions to evade filing currency transaction reports.
The Gonos family owns the Diana’s Deli restaurants in Perkins Township and Port Clinton, as well as the Depot Family Restaurant in Sandusky.
In April, immigration agents raided the family’s $671,000 Crosstree Lane home in Sandusky. All five were indicted on charges stemming from allegations they structured financial transactions to avoid filing required reports.
The federal indictment says the family members skimmed cash from the restaurants for personal use.
It says the family members made dozens of transactions from 2007 to 2009, totaling more than $1.8 million, but they failed to report the transactions as required. Essentially, they made multiple deposits under $10,000 to avoid the mandatory reporting, according to the indictment.
Federal authorities have said the deposits amounted to tax evasion.
Federal court documents show that Chris Gonos, however, now has special conditions imposed on him because he failed multiple drug tests in recent months and weeks. He tested positive for marijuana use in September and last week, and he tested positive for cocaine in June.
Nice family they got there.