Article: Ohio senator, lobbying firm indicted in McDonald case.(Eugene Watts, Strussion Consulting Services Inc., McDonald and Company Securities Inc.)

The first indictments to stem from honorariums paid by McDonald & Company Securities Inc. to Ohio lawmakers were handed down late Thursday against a state senator and a lobbying firm.

A Franklin County, Ohio, grand jury indicted Sen. Eugene Watts, R- Galloway, on a charge of failing to report an honorarium check he received from McDonald in 1993. Also indicted on a charge of falsification was Strussion Consulting Services Inc., a lobbying firm in Columbus that had participated in seminars McDonald held for state lawmakers in 1993.

Franklin County prosecutor Michael Miller said Friday that he expects action to be taken against McDonald itself sometime this ...

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