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,

Two former executives of FirstEnergy in Ohio are facing new federal charges in connection with their alleged roles in a bribery scandal.

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.

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.

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

In his last days in office, U.S. Attorney Ken Parker brings charges against Chuck Jones and Mike Dowling in Ohio's largest bribery scandal.

A former CEO and one of his top executives at an Ohio energy company have been indicted on federal racketeering charges