Geddings in prison


Former N.C. lottery commissioner Kevin Geddings is in prison.

Geddings' attorney said he reported Monday morning to a federal prison camp in Georgia, David Ingram of the Charlotte Observer reports.

Geddings, 42, began a four-year prison term for fraud charges stemming from his appointment to the nascent lottery commission in 2005. He did not disclose on his state ethics form that lottery companies had paid him thousands in consulting fees in the years leading up to his appointment.

A jury convicted him in October, and a judge sentenced him in May.

"From what I understand, he was reported in," attorney Abraham Abramovsky said in a telephone interview Monday.

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