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Franklin County prosecutor rebuts testimony backing bill to shift child-care fraud prosecutions
Summary
Franklin County Prosecutor Shayla Favor told the Board of Commissioners that claims her office has declined child-care fraud cases are false, saying her office received no referrals for such cases in 2025 and urging public comment at a House committee hearing on House Bill 649.
Franklin County Prosecutor Shayla Favor used a point of personal privilege at the county commissioners’ March 17 meeting to challenge testimony that helped justify House Bill 649, which would transfer authority to prosecute child-care fraud from elected county prosecutors to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.
Favor said Representative Josh Williams told a House committee last week that some county prosecutors were unwilling to prosecute child-care fraud. "This characterization is false," Favor told the board, adding that her office "has prosecuted fraud aggressively and…
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