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

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

Ohio’s former top utility regulator has pleaded not guilty in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s former top utility regulator surrendered 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 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 was scheduled for an initial court appearance in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati later in the day.

The long-awaited indictment is only the latest development in what has been labeled the largest corruption case in Ohio history, and while the $1.3 billion bailout was partly repealed after the scandal broke, advocates say the stunning and systemic disdain for utility consumers that was displayed has yet to be addressed with adequate new safeguards.

He was, of course, a republican appointee.

Utility regulator targeted by FBI saw a whirlwind rise

Sam Randazzo's rise from veteran utility lawyer to Public Utilities Commission of Ohio chairman has drawn new scrutiny after an eventful week.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Sam Randazzo told Ohio state senators last year that he had been poised to retire at the end of 2018 when he was recruited to help the incoming administration of Republican Gov. Mike DeWine review looming big-picture energy and utility issues.

Within three weeks of DeWine taking office, Randazzo was named the state’s top utility regulator.

 

[Moon]

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

Ohio’s former top utility regulator has pleaded not guilty in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme.

apnews.com

He was, of course, a republican appointee.

Utility regulator targeted by FBI saw a whirlwind rise

Sam Randazzo's rise from veteran utility lawyer to Public Utilities Commission of Ohio chairman has drawn new scrutiny after an eventful week.

apnews.com

I don’t care what party he’s affiliated with, I’m glad he got caught.

 

[Luce]

I don’t care what party he’s affiliated with, I’m glad he got caught.

Dewine seemed to be doing so well, and now he looks like Blagojevich.

 

[Moon]

Dewine seemed to be doing so well, and now he looks like Blagojevich.

If he’s guilty of something illegal, he should be prosecuted.

 

[multivita-man]

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

Ohio’s former top utility regulator has pleaded not guilty in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme.

apnews.com

He was, of course, a republican appointee.

Utility regulator targeted by FBI saw a whirlwind rise

Sam Randazzo's rise from veteran utility lawyer to Public Utilities Commission of Ohio chairman has drawn new scrutiny after an eventful week.

apnews.com

If Republicans are successful in cleaning out "the deep state" as they intend to, there's going to be so much more of this shit, much of which won't be prosecuted.

 

[Luce]

If he’s guilty of something illegal, he should be prosecuted.

I don't think Dewine himself is guilty. I think he just made some very bad picks.

So more like Warren Harding.

 

[Napoleon]

The disappointing thing about this scandal is that the DOJ let First Energy walk with a fine. A bribe to get away with bribery.

 

[Roadvirus]

Dewine seemed to be doing so well, and now he looks like Blagojevich.

Unless there's some bone-rattlers in his closet that we don't know about, he is nowhere near like Blago.

 

[Moon]

I don't think Dewine himself is guilty. I think he just made some very bad picks.

So more like Warren Harding.

Ah, you compared him to Blagojevich, who was definitely a crook.

 

[bongsaway]

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

Ohio’s former top utility regulator has pleaded not guilty in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme.

apnews.com

He was, of course, a republican appointee.

Utility regulator targeted by FBI saw a whirlwind rise

Sam Randazzo's rise from veteran utility lawyer to Public Utilities Commission of Ohio chairman has drawn new scrutiny after an eventful week.

apnews.com

Imagine that a republican holding a high office engaged in criminal activity. Whoda' thunk it?

 

[bongsaway]

If Republicans are successful in cleaning out "the deep state" as they intend to, there's going to be so much more of this shit, much of which won't be prosecuted.

Do what? Only their gullible base believed that shit because they want to. They still think trump is the greatest human alive.

 

[Luce]

Ah, you compared him to Blagojevich, who was definitely a crook.

Blago needed to spend the rest of his life behind bars, but Trump for some reason pardoned him.

 

[Moon]

Blago needed to spend the rest of his life behind bars, but Trump for some reason pardoned him.

Yeah, he shouldn’t have been pardoned.

 

[SMTA]

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

Ohio’s former top utility regulator has pleaded not guilty in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme.

apnews.com

He was, of course, a republican appointee.

Utility regulator targeted by FBI saw a whirlwind rise

Sam Randazzo's rise from veteran utility lawyer to Public Utilities Commission of Ohio chairman has drawn new scrutiny after an eventful week.

apnews.com

Sure was.
These sleaze balls keep getting locked up.
Good.