Ohio utility regulators impose $250M fine on FirstEnergy for HB 6 violations

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio says FirstEnergy violated state law and must refund customers $180 million and pay ...
Mahoning Matters

Ohio regulators order $250 million penalty against FirstEnergy for role in bribery scandal

The bulk of PUCO’s penalty gets chalked up to a provision in Ohio law requiring triple damages when a regulated utility ...

Feds seek to dismiss Ohio politician’s corruption conviction to avoid Supreme Court case

The Justice Department is moving to erase PG Sittenfeld’s 2023 corruption conviction for corruption. Sittenfeld, despite a ...
WKYC3

FirstEnergy HB 6 bribery scandal in Ohio 5 years later: Critics say more could be done to prevent repeat

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Five years after a $60 million bribery scheme funded by FirstEnergy Corp. came to light in Ohio, expert observers say the resulting prosecutions, lawsuits, penalties and legislation ...
Cleveland.com

‘They’re not VIPs’: Former FirstEnergy execs get special treatment in Ohio corruption case

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The men at the center of Ohio’s biggest corruption scandal aren’t just getting their day in court – they’re getting special treatment. Former FirstEnergy executives Chuck Jones and ...