Bell is the son of former CFO Greg Bell and worked as a purchasing assistant at the zoo, the attorney general's office said.

A fifth defendant in the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium fraud scandal was charged with theft Friday in an ongoing investigation into $2.3 million in stolen funds.

The former CEO of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium pleaded guilty Tuesday, the last of a handful of zoo executives to do so.

A former purchasing assistant for the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium was charged Friday with theft. Grant Bell is the fifth zoo staffer charged with crimes connected to a fraud scheme. Bell, of Galloway, ...

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Explore PREVIOUS COVERAGE: 3rd former Columbus Zoo executive pleads guilty in $2.29M fraud case. The two Bells were charged along with former zoo CEO Tom Stalf, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The son of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s former chief financial officer was charged as part of the state's investigation into the alleged misuse of zoo funds and resources ...

A fifth former Columbus Zoo and Aquarium employee, the son of its former chief financial officer, was charged Friday with theft in connection to an ongoing multimillion-dollar fraud investigation ...

More on Tom Stalf: Fifth former Columbus Zoo employee charged with theft in $2 million fraud scandal Stalf also agreed to pay restitution totaling $315,572.65 over and above money paid as part of ...

DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) — A fifth defendant in the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium fraud scandal was charged with theft Friday in an ongoing investigation into $2.3 million in stolen funds.