COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX/WTTE/WWHO) — Ohio’s presumed attorney general-elect says he plans to investigate a major gap between allegations of fraud and the number of prosecutions in state-funded programs.
Democrat John Kulewicz, a Columbus attorney who attended Yale and has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, narrowly defeated current State Auditor Keith Faber, with Kulewicz holding 50 percent of the vote to Faber’s 49 percent. Absentee and provisional ballots are still being counted. ABC6 On Your Side has been following this story as Kulewicz prepares to focus on fraud if and when he takes office.
Kulewicz said the economy will be his top priority as Ohio attorney general, specifically targeting cases of fraud. When asked about the extent of the problem in day cares, Medicaid and the SNAP program, he said, “If and when there is fraud in our Medicaid providers’ system, I will go to bat. I will prosecute it. We desperately need every Medicaid dollar we have in the state of Ohio. The Medicaid funding is shrinking.”…