AP: Ohio Brokers Found Not Guilty of Bribery (workers comp scandal)

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Ohio Brokers Found Not Guilty of Bribery

By JOE MILICIA
The Associated Press
Tuesday, November 21, 2006; 7:27 PM

AKRON, Ohio -- Two investment brokers were found not guilty Tuesday of bribing
a former Ohio workers' compensation official in a statewide scandal.

A jury found Daniel O'Neil and Michael Lewis not guilty of bribing a state official,
mail and wire fraud, and lying to a federal agent.

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The charges were part of a yearlong political scandal that has shaken the state's
Republican-dominated government and has seen nine people charged.

Federal prosecutors had accused the two of making $6.7 million through a scheme
to get state investment business by paying the rent on a condo for Terrence Gasper,
former chief financial officer of the scandal-ridden Bureau of Workers' Compensation.

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/21/AR2006112101238.html