Taundra Householder Wiki – Biography
Taundra Householder is the wife of
She is a 4-H Advisor and a Perry County Fairboard member. She is also a member of Delta Gamma. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Ohio University.
In March 2018, Householder said of his wife in a post on Facebook: “I am very proud of my wife Taundra who received the Honorary Chapter Farmer Degree from the New Lexington FFA at their banquet this evening.”
The charges against Householder were laid out in an extensive complaint that detailed a broad criminal operation involving wire fraud, receipt of millions of dollars in bribes, and money laundering. Householder — along with four associates- took in millions of dollars from FirstEnergy Corp. in exchange for help in passing House Bill 6, a billion-dollar bailout that saved two nuclear power plants operated by the company.
Prosecutors allege the scheme started when one of the associates incorporated “Generation Now” as a social welfare entity in 2017. It was secretly controlled by Householder, who received quarterly payments of $250,000 into the bank account of the entity, according to prosecutors.
The defendants then spent large sums of money on Householder’s bid to become a speaker and for their own personal gain. In all, Householder received more than $400,000 in personal benefits as a result of the payments into “Generation Now,” the Department of Justice said in a news release. These funds were used to pay for costs associated with his residence in Florida, settle a personal lawsuit, and pay off thousands of dollars of credit card debt.
“All forms of public corruption are unacceptable,” FBI Cincinnati Special Agent in Charge Chris Hoffman said in a statement.
“When corruption is alleged to reach some of the highest levels of our state government, the citizens of Ohio should be shocked and appalled.”
Taundra Householder Age
Taundra Householder’s age is unclear. Her husband Larry Householder was born on June 6, 1959, in Zanesville, Ohio, United States.
Family
Larry Householder and his wife Taundra Householder have five sons. The family lives on their family farm near Glenford.
Larry Householder Arrested
The Republican speaker of Ohio’s House of Representatives was arrested by federal officials Tuesday on charges connected to a $60 million bribery scheme.
Larry Householder and four other political operatives were charged with racketeering in what US Attorney David DeVillers described as “likely the largest bribery money-laundering scheme ever perpetrated against the people of the state of Ohio.”
“Make no mistake, these allegations are bribery. Pure and simple,” DeVillers said in a news conference. “This was pay-to-play. I use the term pay-to-play because that’s the term they’ve used as alleged in the affidavit.”
A criminal complaint filed on Thursday and unsealed on Tuesday specifically alleges that Householder and four others orchestrated an operation to accept over $60 million dollars from “Company A” in return for a public bailout for the company worth more than $1 billion.
While the complaint does not name “Company A,” prosecutors indicate at numerous points that the company is FirstEnergy Corp. –including citations to news articles that mention the company by name.
The company told CNN in a statement Tuesday they have “received subpoenas in connection” with the investigation.