Democrat George Forbes charged

George Forbes charged in BWC probe

Posted by kturner July 03, 2007 15:08PM

A task force investigating corruption at the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation on Tuesday charged Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes with criminal violations of state ethics laws.

The six misdemeanor charges stem from Forbes’ tenure as a member of the BWC’s oversight board.

He is accused of accepting gifts from investment brokers doing or trying to do business with the BWC and not reporting them on financial disclosure statements filed with the Ohio Ethics Commission.

Forbes, 76, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday morning in Franklin County Municipal Court.

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