FirstEnergy to pay $230M in Ohio corruption settlement
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Jaclyn Jaeger2021-07-23T17:09:00
FirstEnergy Corp. agreed to pay a $230 million criminal penalty as part of a settlement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio surrounding the state’s nuclear bailout federal corruption scandal.
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