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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Julie Carr Smyth

Former top Ohio utility regulator surrenders in $60 million bribery scheme linked to energy bill

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Ohio’s former top utility regulator pleaded not guilty to charges announced Monday in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme related to a legislative bailout for two Ohio nuclear power plants that has already resulted in a 20-year prison sentence for a former state House speaker.

Sam Randazzo, former chair of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, faces an 11-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury Nov. 29 centered on allegations that he accepted bribes from Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. in exchange for regulatory favors, U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker's office announced. Randazzo made his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati.

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