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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Julie Carr Smyth

Ex-FirstEnergy executives reindicted in Ohio in $60 million corruption scheme

Bribery Investigation Ohio - (©Akron Beacon Journal)

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Thursday that a grand jury has reindicted two fired FirstEnergy Corp. executives whose initial prosecutions in the state's long-running $60 million bribery scandal ended in mistrial earlier this year.

Yost, a Republican, joined Summit County Prosecutor Elliot Kolkovich in detailing a combined 22 new criminal counts against Charles “Chuck” Jones, the Akron-based energy giant’s former CEO, and Michael Dowling, its one-time top lobbyist.

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