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Judge Stymies Feds' Plan to Keep $85 Million in Raid Without Filing Criminal Charges - The Ohio Star

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U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio announced on Thursday that FirstEnergy, the energy company at the center of a public corruption investigation, was charged federally with conspiring to commit honest services wire fraud. Several prominent Ohio politicians, including now former Speaker of Ohio House Larry Householder, were arrested in July 2020 and charged with crimes stemming from the FirstEnergy investigation.

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DOJ Charges FirstEnergy With 'Conspiring to Commit Honest Services Wire Fraud,' Company Agrees to Pay $230 Million Penalty - The Ohio Star

The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio announced on Thursday that FirstEnergy, the energy company at the center of a public corruption investigation, was charged federally with conspiring to commit honest services wire fraud and has agreed to pay a $230 million monetary penalty.“The company signed a deferred prosecution agreement that could potentially result in dismissal of the charge,” the statement released by the Department of J…

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