Fox — former state lawmaker, county commissioner and county Children Services director — and Schuler are accused of conspiring to improperly benefit from a $2.75 million fiber optics contract with the county.
Federal authorities say they found in a three-year investigation into public corruption in Butler County that Schuler, owner of the fiber optics firm NORMAP, wired Fox $460,000 while his company profited off a contract with the county.
The indictment alleges the two profited from the deal and failed to report it on their income taxes. It also accuses Fox of not properly reporting income he was receiving from other companies doing business with the county, and accuses Schuler of lying to a grand jury.
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