Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announces new indictments in House Bill 6 scandal

The investigation into the bribery scandal surrounding House Bill 6 and FirstEnergy has brought a new indictment with 27 combined counts of felony violations, according to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.
Those named in the indictment include the following:
Samuel "Sam" Randazzo, former PUCO chairman
Charles "Chuck" Jones, former CEO of FirstEnergy
Michael Dowling, former FirstEnergy Senior Vice President of External Affairs
Two companies allegedly controlled by Randazzo -- the Sustainability Funding Alliance of Ohio and IEU Ohio Administration Co. -- are also named in the filing. Both are alleged to be shell companies created solely for furthering Randazzo's alleged criminal activity, according to a press release from Yost's office.
“Jones and Dowling actively worked to spend FirstEnergy money to improperly influence Randazzo to exercise the authority of PUCO chairman to advance FirstEnergy’s regulatory and policy agendas,” the indictment says.
Yost's office said the indictment accuses the enterprise of engaging in a scheme to corrupt the PUCO chairman and ratemaking policies, stealing millions of dollars from FirstEnergy and a nonprofit trade group, and tampering with government records.
Arrest warrants are currently out for those named in the indictment as Yost said all three failed to turn themselves in by 8:30 a.m. Monday at the Summit County Jail.
"They did not fulfill that promise," Yost said during a press conference.
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