Senior Ohio Prosecutor Dan Kasaris Forged a Property Deed, Stole Crime Victim Funds, and Abused Power over a Government Witness
Senior Ohio Prosecutor Dan Kasaris Forged a Property Deed, Stole Crime Victim Funds, and Abused Power over a Government Witness
- Kasaris forged a deed to fraudulently transfer a property into his name at 2414 Hamilton Avenue, then pocketed $109,000 in cash
- Theft of Crime Victims Funds established by Disbursement Ledger
- Kasaris’ brother, Reminger Partner John Patrick, enabled fraud by abusing his Notary Stamp to Notarize Fraudulent Documents
- Kasaris illegally maintained an undisclosed Power of Attorney over Government Witness Kelly Connors’ financial affairs while she testified in criminal cases
The FreeTonyViola.com Investigative Team announced that its comprehensive investigative review of public property records connected to Senior Assistant Ohio Attorney General Daniel Kasaris, Kasaris Properties, LLC, and The Kasaris Family Trust establishes a series of fraudulent real estate transactions, illegal notarization of documents and wrongdoing by Kasaris’s brother, Reminger Senior Partner John Patrick. In this first in a series of investigative reports, we highlight three key areas of wrongdoing that led to illicit financial gain: a forged signature on a deed, theft of crime victim funds and an illegal and undisclosed power of attorney over government witness Kelly Connors.
Allegations of criminal wrongdoing have dogged Senior Assistant Ohio Attorney General Daniel Kasaris for many years, including a sexual relationship with government witness Kathryn Clover who committed perjury during trial testimony, destruction of documents and evidence in criminal cases, use of crime victim funds for personal expenses, illegal recordings of defense trial preparations, and involvement in the cover-up of Dawn Pasela’s murder. Now, however, a detailed investigation focused on Kasaris’ personal financial dealings reveals more wide ranging criminal activities.
Forged Signature, Irregular Transfers and Improper Use of Notary Stamp at 2414 Hamilton Avenue, Poland, Ohio
The FreeTonyViola.com’s Investigative team unearthed a highly irregular sequence of Kasaris Family Trust Transactions concerning the property located at 2414 Hamilton Avenue in Mahoning County:
Initial Owners: Patricia (mother of Kasaris and Patrick) & Manuel (stepfather of Kasaris and Patrick) Kasaris
Sequence of Transfers:
- 2009: Transferred from parents to Kasaris Family Trust (Dan Kasaris & his brother John Patrick as trustees)
- 2010: Transferred back to parents
- 2010: Parents took a $115,000 HUD reverse mortgage
- 2013: Transfer on Death (TOD) filed listing John Patrick as trustee/beneficiary
- 2024: Just before Patricia’s death (March 27), deed transferring property to Dan Kasaris
- 2024: Elimination of Reverse Mortgage Obligation due to deaths
- December 18, 2024 – Dan Kasaris pockets $109,000 from a mortgage with Huntington Bank.
INITIAL SIGNATURES OF PATRICIA KASARIS ARE VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL
2010 Signature on a Mortgage:
2013 Signature:
2024 SIGNATURE IS A FORGERY, NOTARIZED BY DANIEL KASARIS
Aside from the forged signature, Kasaris violated the law, as Ohio law explicitly prevents notaries from performing acts with a conflict of interest (Ohio Revised Code 147.141), meaning they can't notarize documents where they have a direct financial stake, are a party to the transaction (as is the case here), or stand to gain materially, even for family. Here, Kasaris forged his Mother’s signature, then notarized the forgery so that he could take ownership of the property and re-mortgage the dwelling to pocket the proceeds.
In addition, Kasaris’ brother, Reminger partner John Patrick, violated the notary laws, because as trustee with a direct financial interest, he is not permitted to prepare and notarize trust-related documents. In addition, the 2024 deed was prepared by John for Dan, despite his connection to the trust and beneficiary status – creating yet another conflict of interest and violation of the law.
Mr. Patrick holds himself out as an expert in trusts but these repeated notarial conflicts are legally problematic and could invalidate parts of the trust transfer sequence and may affect the legal validity of the trust transfers and could have significant implications for the estate and for anyone relying on these documents as legally sound, please see https://www.reminger.com/attorneys-John-Patrick, where Mr. Patrick claims his focus is “Estate and Trust Administration.”
Complaints with the Ohio Secretary of State’s office for fraudulent notarization have been submitted, and the entire deed transfer history has been uploaded to the FreeTonyViola.com Evidence Locker for your review.
Theft of Crime Victim Funds
An investigation into the collection and disbursement of restitution in criminal cases established that the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office collected over $15 million in restitution in mortgage fraud cases, but never remitted any of funds to crime victims listed on court orders. Instead, a disbursement ledger confirms the Prosecutor’s Office utilized funds collected in mortgage fraud cases to pay for airline tickets, hotel rooms, laptop computers for prosecutors and made payments to Dan Kasaris, listed as “KasDan” on the ledger.
Prosecutor Kasaris, who worked in the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office for over a decade before being hired by the Attorney General, oversaw the awarding of federal grants to fund a multi-jurisdictional Mortgage Fraud Task Force, Bureau of Justice Assistance Grant # 2009-SC - B9-0080. Later, Kasaris sought to avoid federal scrutiny and claimed that the Task Force did not secure federal funding (please see affidavits submitted by Task Force official Arvin Clar and Attorney General employee Christa Dimon in case 15-cv-242, WD Pa).
Kasaris’ misappropriation of crime-victim restitution funds has been established by letters from victims in mortgage fraud prosecutions who state they never received any of the $15 million collected as restitution, and disbursement ledgers which repeatedly contain payments to “KasDan.”
Undisclosed Power of Attorney, Theft from Special Needs Trust Operated by Kasaris on behalf of Government Witness Kelly Connors
A jury verdict in Ohio v. Keaton, Mahoning County, 2022 CRB 390, and documents filed in court by Tony Viola confirm that Dan Kasaris perpetrated a fraud on the court by presenting his girlfriends Kelly Connors, Kathryn Clover and others as a “victims” or “witnesses” in criminal cases without disclosing the nature of his relationship with these women to jurors, courts or defense counsel. In addition to a sexual relationship with Kelly Connors, Kasaris also controls her finances through a “Special Needs Trust” and maintains a Power of Attorney over Connors – additional facts that have never been disclosed to the defense or the Court, Viola v. Kasaris, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Case No. CV-21-951041, Court of Appeals No. 23-112497.
Also notable is that Kasaris never obtained permission from the Ohio Attorney General to engage in these outside activities. Connors and Kasaris had a fight in 2020 and separated, at which time Connors began assisting Tony Viola’s investigative team by providing information and written statements to Viola. Later, Connors began publishing Kasaris emails and posting comments on social media sites about Kasaris, and claimed that Kasaris stole $2,000 from her special needs trust without authorization. Kasaris admitted he accessed funds from the trust, but claims they were later repaid and/or that he was entitled to compensation for his role, and no dollars were ultimately missing, see section of Kasaris filing in Viola v. Yost et al, No. 2:2021-cv-03088:
Additional investigative reports forthcoming
Additional investigative reports will be forthcoming soon, featuring a detailed review of public property records connected to Kasaris, his wife Susan Kasaris, Kasaris Properties, LLC, and The Kasaris Family Trust, all of which reveal an alarming pattern of foreclosure purchases, quick flips, unusual financing. A handwriting analysis and report will also be published, confirming that Dan Kasaris forged signatures and documents.
To review documents mentioned in this report, including details about fraudulent grant applications, the full restitution ledger with additional misappropriation of crime victim funds, or to learn more about wrongdoing by Prosecutor Kasaris, please visit www.FreeTonyViola.com.
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