Summons issued for indicted businessman

By: 
Larry Limpf

A nationwide warrant issued for the arrest of Ralph E. Slaske, Jr., 47, who has been indicted in Wood County Common Pleas Court on several charges stemming from how he operated his construction businesses, has been withdrawn.
The court last week approved the withdrawal and then authorized the issuance of a summons for Slaske to appear in court Feb. 26.
Court records list a Charleston, South Carolina address for Slaske. The summons was issued to Slaske through a Toledo attorney.
Authorities allege Slaske defrauded customers, banks, subcontractors and others involved in the construction industry.
The indictment says he would take money from customers without providing services and defraud banks by forging affidavits stating work had been completed when it hadn’t. The forged documents would allow to him draw funding being held by the bank for the projects.
The indictment contends he would also engage the services of subcontractors without paying them.
Slaske closed his business in 2018, leaving several projects incomplete and others not started.
The aggravated theft charge, a third degree felony, carries a maximum penalty of eight to 12 years in prison. The forgery and money laundering charges are both third degree felonies with a maximum penalty of three years each.
If convicted on all counts, Slaske faces 14 to 18 years in prison.
Paul Dobson, Wood County prosecutor, said an investigator from his office and the Perrysburg Police Department spent months interviewing victims and collating data to prepare the case.

Arraignment for charity president
The president and chief executive officer of a global charity faces a March 5 arraignment hearing in Wood County Common Pleas Court.
Linda Greene, who heads Impact with Hope Children’s Worldwide Hunger & Health Relief, formerly known as ISOH/IMPACT, has been indicted on charges of telecommunications fraud, tampering with records and aggravated theft, all third degree felonies, and two counts of engaging in prohibited acts and practices for charities, both second degree felonies.
The telecommunications fraud charge alleges Greene used a system of telecommunications to further a scheme to defraud others, resulting in an aggregate loss of at least $7,500 to the victims. She is also alleged to have tampered with the accounting and other financial records of the organization required by law to be kept. The resulting financial losses were anywhere from $7,500 to $150,000.
The theft charge alleges she deprived the organization of more than $150,000 in “monies and services, reimbursements, and/or personal care.”
Ohio law prohibits charitable organization members from soliciting donations by stating they will be used for the charitable purpose and then using them for personal purposes. The indictment alleges Greene secured more than $37,500 in donations by such solicitations.
The organization’s registration with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office state’s its mission is to provide food, medical supplies, disaster relief, educational development and child sponsorship around the globe.
If convicted on all counts, Greene would face a maximum penalty of 17 to 21 years in prison.
She was originally indicted in December, 2018 on a fifth degree felony theft charge. That charge was dropped when investigators determined a more extensive criminal case was possible. The Wood County prosecutor’s office and the bureau of criminal investigation and charitable law unit of the Ottawa Attorney General’s office then embarked on a more in-depth investigation, resulting in the current indictments.
The case has been assigned to Judge Joel Kuhlman.

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