http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/geddings_sentencing Comments for "Geddings sentencing" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/geddings_sentencing <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>Former state lottery commissioner Kevin Geddings will be sentenced this morning for hiding his business ties to a major lottery vendor.</p><p>In 2006, a jury found Geddings <a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/1229/story/498129.html">guilty</a> of five counts of mail fraud related to his failure to disclose a relationship with <a href="http://www.scientificgames.com/">Scientific Games</a>, which sought the lottery contract.</p><p>Geddings had been appointed by former House speaker <a href="/dome/profiles/jim_black">Jim Black</a>, who later resigned and pleaded guilty to a federal corruption charge.</p><p>U.S. District Court Judge James Dever III has <a href="/documents/judge_on_geddings">said</a> that Geddings may have committed perjury during his testimony in the fraud case.</p><p>Geddings will be sentenced at 9 a.m. Dome will be there, but we probably won&#39;t have Internet access. </p><p>For breaking news on the sentencing this morning, check our home page at <a href="http://www.newsobserver.com">www.newsobserver.com</a>. </p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/geddings_sentencing#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/geddings_sentencing#comment James C. Dever III Jim Black Kevin Geddings Lottery Scientific Games Under the Dome Mon, 07 May 2007 07:34:25 -0400 ryanteaguebeckwith 477 at http://projects.newsobserver.com