OHIO SCANDAL
Tom Noe is freed on $1 million bond in Florida; coin dealer set to appear in Toledo federal court on Monday

The court appearance occurred a day after a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Mr. Noe, the controversial former coin-dealer whose failed $50 million rare-coin investment with the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation has brought scandal to the Statehouse.

Prosecutors charge that Mr. Noe provided money to 24 people in order for them to give money to the Bush-Cheney campaign. He faces up to 15 years in prison and a fine of nearly $1 million if convicted on three separate counts.

Mr. Noe is expected to appear in a Toledo federal court Monday, when he will be arraigned on the charges before U.S. Mag-istrate Vernelis Armstrong.

The Noes have lived in Florida for several months after selling their Maumee River condominium to former state representative Lynn Olman and their Catawba Island home to a Findlay industrialist.

By MIKE WILKINSON and JAMES DREW BLADE STAFF WRITERS

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((( Yet, one more operative who thinks he is above the law. It's starting to become routine with these guys. )))