VIVY VOUTSIOTIS, Executor of the Estate of George Voutsiotis, GEORGE KARVOUNIDES, Individually and as Custodian of an Account for benefit of Eleftheria Varvaras; G&Y GROUP, LLC; ANNA KARVOUNIDES; YIANNI KARVOUNIDES; CORROSION RESISTANCE, LTD; GAADY, LLC; EVANGELOS VARVARAS; ANGELA VARVARAS; DINA KARVOUNIDES; ALEXANDRA VOUTSIOTIS; GOUDAS ENTERPRISES, LTD; CONSTANTINE BITOUNIS; GUS PYROS; HARALAMBOS GONOS; SOPHOCLES SOPHOCLEOUS; SUSAN GEORGE; TIMOTHY MOFF; KARVO COMPANIES, INC., dba Karvo Paving Company; AUCTUS PROPERTIES, LLC; SPARKLING SPIRITS ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, v. PNC BANK, NA; DEMETRIOS P. KOUTRODIMOS - Articles

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VIVY VOUTSIOTIS, Executor of the Estate of George Voutsiotis, GEORGE KARVOUNIDES, Individually and as Custodian of an Account for benefit of Eleftheria Varvaras; G&Y GROUP, LLC; ANNA KARVOUNIDES; YIANNI KARVOUNIDES; CORROSION RESISTANCE, LTD; GAADY, LLC; EVANGELOS VARVARAS; ANGELA VARVARAS; DINA KARVOUNIDES; ALEXANDRA VOUTSIOTIS; GOUDAS ENTERPRISES, LTD; CONSTANTINE BITOUNIS; GUS PYROS; HARALAMBOS GONOS; SOPHOCLES SOPHOCLEOUS; SUSAN GEORGE; TIMOTHY MOFF; KARVO COMPANIES, INC., dba Karvo Paving Company; AUCTUS PROPERTIES, LLC; SPARKLING SPIRITS ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, v. PNC BANK, NA; DEMETRIOS P. KOUTRODIMOS

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jun 8, 2026

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Richard C. Haber, HABER LLP, Pepper Pike, Ohio, for Appellants. Andrew R. Stanton, JONES DAY, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for Appellees.

Attorneys 2: ON BRIEF: Richard C. Haber, Lindsey K. Self, Natalie D. Davis, HABER LLP, Pepper Pike, Ohio, for Appellants.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Andrew R. Stanton, Susan E. Kessler, Daniel Paul Johnson, JONES DAY, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Joseph C. Barry, JONES DAY, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees.

Judge(s): SUTTON, Chief Judge; DAVIS and RITZ, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio at Akron

SUTTON, Chief Judge. Constantine Antonas founded a pair of investment companies and created accounts for them at PNC Bank. Investors trusted Antonas with millions. But he lost the money through poor investments, and he lied to cover it up. After his scheme came to light, a group of the investors filed this lawsuit against PNC and a PNC employee in state court. PNC removed the case to federal court, arguing that the investors joined the PNC employee fraudulently, which precluded his presence from destroying federal diversity jurisdiction. See 28 U.S.C. § 1332. The district court agreed, denied the investors’ motion to remand to state court, and dismissed the lawsuit for failure to state a claim. We agree and affirm.

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