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Senate committee OKs law enforcement authority for lottery investigators to pursue fraud
Summary
The committee approved a bill granting limited statewide law-enforcement authority to designated investigators in the Arkansas Lottery's enforcement division to investigate lottery fraud and related crimes, a change the agency said is needed to protect employees, retailers and scholarship revenues.
The committee voted to pass a measure that gives designated employees in the Arkansas Lottery's investigative unit limited law-enforcement authority to investigate lottery-related crimes, subpoena records and refer cases to prosecutors.
Senator John Dodson carried the bill and called directors from the Arkansas Lottery to the committee to explain why investigators need authority beyond the agency's current administrative tools. Blake Hudson, director of investigations and enforcement for the lottery, told senators the office had seen organized schemes, multi-jurisdictional fraud and incidents at the…
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