After the arrest of the Ohio House speaker for taking bribes from FirstEnergy and despite a blitz of subpoenas from the FBI, thousands of text messages “were missing” from the iPhone of the company’s chief executive,

Former FirstEnergy executives Chuck Jones and Michael Dowling have been indicted on federal charges in connection with House Bill 6 nuclear power plant bailout scheme, the largest corruption scandal in Ohio history.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine supports repealing a remaining aspect of corrupt legislation that forces ratepayers to spend hundreds of millions per year on an out-of-state and unprofitable coal plant. This comes as the state moves forward in its case against the architects of House Bill 6,

Charles Jones, former FirstEnergy Corp. president and CEO, and Michael Dowling, the Akron-based company's former senior vice president of external affairs, have been charged under the Racketeer Influenced and Corruption Organizations (RICO) Act.

Chuck Jones and Mike Dowling are now charged with racketeering conspiracy. Three state representatives and four state senators are referenced in the indictment.

Two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives, including its former CEO, face a new federal indictment in a sprawling corruption case that involved more than $60 million in bribes to the former Ohio House speaker and a top utilities regulator.

Two former FirstEnergy executives accused of participating in a $60 million bribery scheme. Former CEO and President Charles E. Jones, 69, of Akron, and former Senior Vice President Michael Dowling, 60,

Two former FirstEnergy executives are charged in a racketeering scheme and turned themselves into federal authorities on Friday.

Two men have been formally charged in a racketeering conspiracy case, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the southern district of Ohio.

A federal grand jury has indicted two former FirstEnergy executives on racketeering charges related to Ohio House Bill 6 — what’s been called the largest public corruption scandal in

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones and senior vice president Mike Dowling were charged Friday in federal court for what investigators say was their role in the largest public corruption scheme in Ohio history. A federal indictment was returned Jan. 15 and unsealed today in the U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio.