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Former top Ohio utility regulator skimmed millions from secret deals between utilities and large companies, prosecutors say - cleveland.com

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Last month’s federal indictment of Sam Randazzo, Ohio’s former top utilities regulator, focused on what prosecutors said was a $4.3 million bribe paid to him by Akron-based utility FirstEnergy in exchange for favorable treatment.

But Monday’s Summit County indictment of Randazzo, along with the two former FirstEnergy executives accused of arranging the bribes, includes new accusations that Randazzo illegally skimmed millions for himself off secret settlement deals paid to large companies he represented.

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