Brokers own scandal-ridden condo

COLUMBUS (AP) -- Two brokers who received thousands of dollars in commissions from the state's insurance fund for injured workers own a Florida condominium where a former state official admittedly stayed as a bribe for investment opportunities with the agency.
Brokers Michael W. Lewis and Daniel P. O'Neil, who managed investments by the insurance fund, own the condominium in Islamorada, Fla., according to Monroe County, Fla., property records.
That address was identified in federal court documents as an oceanfront condominium where Terrence Gasper, former chief financial officer of the insurance fund, stayed from November 1998 through October 2004.
Gasper pleaded guilty in state and federal court earlier this week to accepting stays at the condo, money for his son's tuition and other gifts in exchange for doling out investment business at the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation.
He was the first bureau official convicted in a yearlong political scandal in Ohio that has shaken the GOP-dominated government and given Democrats' hopes of regaining some seats, including governor. The Franklin County prosecutor says more charges are expected this month.
The court documents say Gasper was given complete access to the condominium "for his personal use and enjoyment." In exchange, the documents say, Gasper would help two individuals identified as "Broker 1 and Broker 2" keep and obtain investment business from workers' comp agency.