{"id":2217183,"date":"2024-04-10T07:41:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T11:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indicted-powerful-former-ohio-utilities-chairman-dead-suicide-suspected\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T07:42:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T11:42:55","slug":"indicted-powerful-former-ohio-utilities-chairman-dead-suicide-suspected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indicted-powerful-former-ohio-utilities-chairman-dead-suicide-suspected\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Ohio utilities chairman indicted found dead; suicide suspected"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findicted-powerful-former-ohio-utilities-chairman-dead-suicide-suspected%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2217183&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Summary: Sam Randazzo, Ohio&#8217;s former Public Utilities Commissioner \u2064chairman, was found dead at 74\u200d in Columbus, suspected\u2064 of suicide. The Franklin County Coroner&#8217;s Office will perform \u200ban autopsy. Randazzo was involved\u200d in the \u200dHouse Bill 6 scandal and had pleaded not guilty. He and two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives were\u200b indicted by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-official-who-pulled-knife-on-trump-supporters-indicted-on-weapons-charges-media-tries-to-frame-him-as-victim\/\" title=\"Democrat Official Who Pulled Knife On Trump Supporters Indicted On Weapons Charges; Media Tries To Frame Him As Victim\">grand jury<\/a> \u200din February for their alleged roles in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">corruption case<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 Ohio\u2019s former chairman of the Public Utilities Commissioner, facing charges in the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-soross-secret-network-used-ukraine-to-cover-for-hillary-hunter-and-target-donald-trump\/\" title=\"How Soros\u2019s Secret Network Used Ukraine to Cover for Hillary, Hunter, and Target Donald Trump\">biggest corruption case<\/a>, has been found dead.<\/p>\n<p>The body of Sam Randazzo was discovered late Tuesday morning in a building he owned in Columbus. He was 74.<\/p>\n<p>The Franklin County Coronor\u2019s Office said an autopsy is planned and believes his death was by suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Randazzo was facing charges in connection to the state\u2019s House Bill 6 scandal. He had pleaded not guilty to all.<\/p>\n<p>In February, an Ohio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/ohio\/article_7d37a548-c9cb-11ee-8929-37629fde2f02.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>grand jury<\/strong><\/a> indicted Randazzo and two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives for their roles.<\/p>\n<p>Randazzo controlled two companies \u2013 the Sustainability Funding Alliance of Ohio and IEU-Ohio Administration Co. Both were named in the indictment, with prosecutors saying they were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comer-says-biden-impeachment-inquiry-will-lead-to-multiple-criminal-referrals\/\" title=\"Comer Claims Biden Impeachment Probe to Result in Numerous Criminal Referrals\">shell companies created<\/a> to further Randazzo\u2019s criminal activities, the indictment said.<\/p>\n<p>Randazzo\u2019s 22 felony counts included:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Eight counts of money laundering.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Six counts of tampering with records.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Three counts of telecommunications fraud.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Two counts of aggravated theft.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 One count each of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, grand theft, and bribery.<\/p>\n<p>The billion-dollar bailout of Ohio\u2019s nuclear energy companies from House Bill 6 resulted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whos-the-democrat-running-against-gov-tate-reeves-ahead-of-mississippis-governor-primary\/\" title=\"Who is the Democratic candidate challenging Gov. Tate Reeves in Mississippi's primary?\">largest corruption scandal<\/a> in state history. Former House Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in federal prison for his involvement. Former Ohio Republican Party Chairman Matt Borges is also in prison for his involvement.<\/p>\n<p>Householder lost his speakership and was expelled from the chamber in June 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/ohio\/firstenergy-agrees-to-cooperate-with-feds-in-hb-6-scandal\/article_c6eddea4-eb21-11eb-a23b-37c18f5bfb8e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>As previously reported<\/strong><\/a> by The Center Square, FirstEnergy agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors in their investigation. It admitted conspiring with public officials, others and entities to pay millions of dollars to public officials in exchange for specific official action to help FirstEnergy.<\/p>\n<p>Householder and four co-conspirators were charged in 2020. Also charged were Borges, lobbyist Neil Clark, the Oxley Group co-founder Juan Cespedes and strategist John Longstreth.<\/p>\n<p>HB6 created a new Ohio Clean Air Program to support nuclear energy plants and some solar power facilities. Electricity consumers were to fund the program with a surcharge that ran through 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The fee, scheduled to begin Jan. 1, 2021, was stopped by the Ohio Supreme Court in late December 2020. Yost also reached a deal with FirstEnergy to stop what would have been a $120 million windfall for the company this year based on another part of the legislation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio&#8217;s ex-chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, embroiled in a major corruption case, was found deceased. Sam Randazzo, 74, was discovered in his Columbus property. 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