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Ohio MEP Under Fire Over $20M Audit | Columbus News
A federal audit accuses Ohio’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership of misusing $20.9 million over nearly a decade, potentially triggering fund recovery and even closure of the state’s MEP network — a key player that claims to have created 24,000 jobs since 2020. While the Ohio Department of Development vows zero tolerance for waste and has paused funding after preliminary findings, MEP leaders like MAGNET’s Ethan Karp fiercely dispute the report, calling it inaccurate and citing thousands of documents submitted. They point to legitimate pandemic-era efforts to procure PPE and insist most…
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