Ohio's public corruption case involving $61 million in bribes in exchange for a $1.3 billion bailout is the biggest open investigation in any Statehouse in America — surpassing a similar scandal in Illinois and two closed-out cases in New York. The Ohio case involves big money, a Fortune 500 company, top political leaders, 4.5 million electricity customers across the state and the suicide death of a defendant. Public corruption watchdogs told the USA Today Network Ohio that the House Bill 6 case, an open investigation against several people, catapults Ohio ahead of the pack. “The whole thing is amazing in scope. It's incredible," said Todd Wickerham, former FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Cincinnati office.