COLUMBUS –– "An unnamed official later appointed to regulate utilities acted 'at the request and for the benefit' of Akron-based FirstEnergy because of a $4.3 million payment, the company disclosed last year.

That official is believed to be Sam Randazzo, former chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio who resigned shortly after FirstEnergy disclosed these details and the FBI searched his home. Randazzo referenced FirstEnergy's disclosures in his resignation letter. "

–– Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer

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