Geddings Guilty
From our friends at the Associated Press:
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal jury found former state lottery commissioner Kevin Geddings guilty Thursday of five counts of mail fraud.The jury, which deliberated for more than six hours, also found Geddings not guilty on a single count of wire fraud.
The verdicts came after a three-week trial that included testimony from Gov. Mike Easley, House Speaker Jim Black and other powerful state lawmakers.
Prosecutors said Geddings defrauded the state of honest services by failing to disclose more than $250,000 in payments his public relations firm received from lottery systems maker company Scientific Games Corp.
He faces up to 20 years in prison and thousands of dollars in fines for each count.
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