Two More Governor’s Aides Are Charged

Ohio’s corruption scandal widened as two former aides to Gov. Robert A. Taft were charged with failing to report loans and other favors from a coin dealer at the center of the case.

Douglas Talbott and Doug Moormann became the third and fourth former Taft aides charged with ethics violations over their relationship with Tom Noe.

Noe is a coin dealer and top Republican fundraiser who is under investigation over his handling of an ill-fated $50 million state investment in rare coins. Up to $13 million of the money is unaccounted for, and investigators suspect Noe stole some of it.