Two former executives of FirstEnergy and a former public utility commissioner have been indicted in a multimillion-dollar public corruption scandal, Ohio’s attorney general, Dave Yost, said on Monday.
Collectively, the three men are charged with 27 counts, including theft, bribery and fraud.
The charges were filed on Friday but weren’t made public until Mr. Yost announced them on Monday.
The indictments are the first against FirstEnergy executives in perhaps the biggest public corruption scandal in Ohio’s history, one that has already landed a former lawmaker in prison.
State and federal officials have accused the company, an Ohio-based electric utility that serves six million customers, of paying state lawmakers and regulators millions of dollars in exchange for subsidies and other favorable treatment.
Persons:
Dave Yost, Charles Jones, Michael Dowling, Samuel Randazzo, weren’t, Yost
Organizations:
Public Utilities Commission, FirstEnergy
Locations:
State, Ohio