The man behind what officials said was a sham charity that used the Norfolk Southern Corp. train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio to solicit donations has agreed to pay $25,000 in penalties and to be banned from running a charity in the state.
Michael Peppel entered the agreement with the Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s (R) office. An agreed judgment and final order was signed Thursday by a judge in Columbiana County.
The firm WAMA Strategies LLC, owned by Isaiah Wartman and Luke Mahoney, also settled with the attorney general over fundraising it did for the group, according to the ...
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