CLEVELAND, Ohio – The mayor of Youngstown and the Mahoning County auditor were indicted Wednesday in a massive corruption indictment including accusations of bribes, lies in legal proceedings and illegal campaign funds.

A Cuyahoga County grand jury indicted Mayor John McNally on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, perjury, theft in office, bribery and money laundering involving his work as a Mahoning County commissioner, a job he held from 2005 through last December.

Mahoning County Auditor Michael Sciortino was charged with racketeering, conspiracy, perjury, theft in office, bribery, money laundering and tampering with records. He and McNally are Democrats.

Youngstown attorney Martin Yavorcik, who ran for county prosecutor in 2008, also was charged with racketeering, conspiracy, bribery and money laundering.

The charges are similar to those that were filed by Lorain County Prosecutor Dennis Will's office in 2010, when Will's office served as a special prosecutor in the case.

The Youngstown Vindicator reported that Will investigated allegations that McNally, Sciortino and others conspired to impede the move of the county's Department of Job and Family Services from Cafaro Co.-owned rented space to a county-owned complex. The charges brought by Will's office were later dismissed, but a judge said the allegations could be refiled.

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty said his office, with the assistance of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, brought the case to the grand jury because some of the allegations of wrongdoing stemmed from incidents that took place here.

They are to appear in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court within the next several days.