An Ohio judge should not have frozen up to $8 million of former Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Chairman Sam Randazzo's assets, an appeals court panel ruled Tuesday.
and sold four other properties worth $4.8 million. A Naples, Fla., property alone was worth $3.9 million. He also is poised to transfer another property to one or two trusts, according to court filings.
Yost's office contended that Randazzo could wire money anywhere in the world at a moment's notice. But a trio of judges with the 10th District Court of Appeals"Furthermore, the State provides no explanation for why it stated on the garnishment form that it had obtained a judgment against appellants in the amount of $8 million dollars," the judges wrote.
Jessie Balmert is a reporter for the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau, which serves the Akron Beacon Journal, Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus Dispatch and 18 other affiliated news organizations across Ohio
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