LaRose announces new additions to Public Integrity Division
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced Wednesday a major expansion of his office’s Public Integrity Division ahead of the high-profile November general election.
Three new members of the division’s team will bolster the office’s investigative and law enforcement capabilities with experience from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Ohio State Highway Patrol and the United States Secret Service.
“We’ve made it a priority in this office to keep our elections honest, accurate and secure, and I’m grateful that we’ve been able to recruit a team of highly trained professionals to help us do that,” said LaRose. “Election integrity remains one of my administration’s top priorities. The skills these public servants bring to our office will enable us to more effectively find and prosecute bad behavior and give Ohioans even greater confidence that our elections are held to the highest standard.”
As part of the division’s expansion, LaRose announced the following personnel additions:
• Hun Yi will serve as Director of Investigations, leading a team responsible for probing allegations of election misconduct, fraud and irregularities. Most recently a Supervisory Special Agent for the FBI, Yi is returning to his Ohio roots, having graduated from The Ohio State University.
During a 20-year career with the FBI, Yi conducted counterterrorism investigations for 10 years, later being promoted to Supervisory Special Agent for the Columbus Joint Terrorism Task Force, and then as the FBI Columbus Office Squad Supervisor for the Healthcare Fraud and Complex Financial Crimes Squad. Yi completed his FBI tenure with a mission to build law enforcement capacity for the government of Algeria.
• Marty Fellure will serve as Security Administrator & Special Investigator, ensuring the physical security of the office’s election administration infrastructure and assisting Ohio’s 88 county boards of elections with physical security assessments and guidance. He also will lead election crimes investigations as assigned.
Formerly a captain with the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Fellure led a team of approximately 200 sworn officers and support staff in Southwest Ohio, overseeing six patrol posts and three dispatch centers. He brings to the office and its county election board partners an extensive, 35-year background in public safety management, security operations, law enforcement, community relations and crisis management.
• Austin Miller will serve as Law Enforcement Liaison & Special Investigator, overseeing external partnerships with law enforcement agencies and coordinating justice system awareness of the Safe at Home program, a victim confidentiality service managed by the Secretary of State’s office. He also will assist with assigned investigations and support the security team as needed.
An Ohio native, Miller most recently served as a Special Agent for the United States Secret Service, including as Lead Special Agent for foreign heads of state and presidential cabinet members. He holds a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information Clearance and has an extensive background in collaborative law enforcement with federal, state and local agencies.
LaRose announced the creation of the office’s first-ever Public Integrity Division in 2022 as part of an ongoing effort to build on Ohio’s record as a national leader in election administration. The division consolidates many of the office’s longstanding investigative functions, including campaign finance reporting, voting system certification, voter registration integrity, the investigation of election law violations, data retention & transparency, and cybersecurity protocols. The Ohio General Assembly is currently considering legislation to make the division’s Election Integrity Unit a permanent function of the office.
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