The company said it entered into a 3-year Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio (USAO) on July 21, 2021 and agreed to pay a criminal monetary penalty totaling $230 million. The payment consisted of $115 million paid to the U.S. Treasury and $115 million paid to the ODSA, and it was made in Q3 2021.

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   The company said it entered into a 3-year Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio (USAO) on July 21, 2021 and agreed to pay a criminal monetary penalty totaling $230 million. The payment consisted of $115 million paid to the U.S. Treasury and $115 million paid to the ODSA, and it was made in Q3 2021.

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   FirstEnergy said the USAO's status report filed with the court on July 21, 2024 acknowledged that it had successfully completed the required DPA obligations with a 3-year term. The USAO cited the company's remedial measures and compliance and ethics program as examples.

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   The company said its reporting obligations under Attachment C and its obligations under paragraphs 5 (B), (C), (E) and (F) of the DPA will end by August 21, 2024. Its obligations to continue cooperating with the USAO, to publish quarterly lists of payments to 501(c)(4) entities, to refrain from statements that contradict its acceptance of responsibility, and to notify the USAO of changes in its corporate form will continue.

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   The company said its remaining obligations will continue until the completion of any related USAO investigation, criminal prosecution and civil proceeding, and that the USAO will dismiss the criminal information within 30 days after those matters conclude and the company completes its related obligations. According to the status report, the USAO intends to file another status report with the court by February 1, 2025.

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