Ohio Gop Activist Charged with Stealing: ; Toledo Fund-Raiser Was in Charge of State's Rare Coin Investment Fund

Charleston Gazette › February 15, 2006

Linked as:

Summary

TOLEDO, Ohio - A coin dealer and GOP fund-raiser hired to manage an unorthodox state investment in rare coins was charged Monday with embezzling at least $1 million in an election-year scandal that has sent Ohio Republicans running for cover.

Tom Noe, 51, pleaded not guilty and was released on $500,000 bail. He was arrested over his handling of a $50 million investment fund set up by the state workers' compensation bureau in an unusual attempt to make money by buying and selling rare coins.

See the full content of this document

Extract

Ohio Gop Activist Charged with Stealing: ; Toledo Fund-Raiser Was in Charge of State's Rare Coin Investment Fund

The 10-month investigation led to sweeping changes at the bureau and prompted lame-duck Gov. Bob Taft and two former aides to plead no contest to ethics charges. Two other former Taft ai...

See the full content of this document