WARREN — A state appeals court has ruled that Trumbull County Auditor Martha C. Yoder must send Bazetta Township $80,857 in tax money that hackers stole.

Yoder issued a statement, “While I am disappointed and disagree with the ruling with regard to Bazetta Township made by the 11th District Court of Appeals, I will of course obey that ruling. I am currently consulting with legal counsel on how best to accomplish this. As soon as the process is established, I will issue another statement.”

Judges Matt Lynch, Eugene A. Lucci and Scott Lynch of the 11th District Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed a lower court order in a ruling Monday. They said state law leaves no room for excuses, even in a cybercrime.

“We have found no exception for ‘cybercrime’ or ‘fraud’ that excuses the auditor fr

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