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The Ohio nuclear bribery scandal (2020) is a political scandal in Ohio involving allegations that electric utility company FirstEnergy paid roughly $60 million to Generation Now, a 501(c)(4) organization purportedly controlled by Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives Larry Householder in exchange for passing a $1.3 billion bailout for the nuclear power operator. [1]
Prosecutors allege that Jones and Dowling participated in bribery, money laundering and obstruction to increase the company stock price and enrich themselves. FirstEnergy fired the two men in ...
The bribery scheme, which resulted in a lengthy prison sentence for a former Ohio House speaker, centered on FirstEnergy’s efforts to persuade state lawmakers to pass a bailout of two of its ...
Two fired FirstEnergy Corp. executives were indicted Monday in the long-running investigation into a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio that has already resulted in a 20-year prison sentence for a ...
FirstEnergy says it has taken steps to move forward. Issues related to HB 6 continue to play a role in the company’s push to raise charges and more. FirstEnergy forges ahead even as former execs ...
The bribery scheme involved a desperate utility, Akron-based FirstEnergy, paying politicians and the politically connected for favors: legislation to bail out two nuclear plants, a way to ...
Two fired executives of FirstEnergy Corp. and a former top state utilities regulator pleaded not guilty Tuesday to state charges related to a $60 million bribery scheme that centered on securing a ...
FirstEnergy admitted to its role in the bribery scheme as part of a July 2021 deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. The company agreed to pay $230 million in ...