racketeering conspiracy(After a seven-week trial, a federal jury convicted the former Ohio House Speaker and ex-chairman of the Ohio Republican Party of racketeering conspiracy. The former Speaker orchestrated, with support from a co-defendant, a scheme involving $61 million in bribes. This plot aimed to return the former Speaker to political power and subsequently pass a $1.3 billion bailout law in favor of FirstEnergy Corp. FirstEnergy admitted to pumping the money through dark money groups to hide the scheme.dispatch.comAlex_Odeychuk)
on a charge of federal racketeering(He was arrested on a charge of federal racketeering, accused of running a criminal enterprise that used his powerful position at City Hall to solicit and accept lucrative bribes and other financial benefits to enrich himself and his close associates.latimes.comAlex_Odeychuk)
