The Toledo Blade, which was first onto the so-called “Coingate” scandal in Ohio, broke another related story this afternoon, reporting that a federal grand jury has indicted the central figure in the coin scandal –Tom Noe, the former Maumee coin dealer suspected of laundering money into President Bush’s reelection campaign–on three counts.

Noe’s attorney, Jon Richardson, told The Blade he was called this afternoon and informed of the indictment.

The prosecutor later held a press conference in Toledo at 4:30 p.m.

“The U.S. Attorney’s office announced in April that it was investigating Mr. Noe for possible violations of federal campaign finance laws,” the Blade wrote today.

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