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Iowa gambling review conspiracy charges

IOWA – As reported by the Des Moines Register: "Iowa's gambling regulators plan to review federal conspiracy charges filed in an ongoing job-training scandal against a board member of Polk County-owned Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino.

"Jack Ketterer, administrator of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission, said Dan Albritton could be suspended from any casino duties as early as next week.

"Albritton, a former board member of the Central Iowa Employment and Training Consortium, was indicted Thursday in an expansion of a federal fraud case that previously had snared four former CIETC officials and a supervisor at Iowa Workforce Development.

"Albritton, who represents labor interests on the Prairie Meadows board of directors, faces one count of conspiracy to defraud agencies that financed CIETC's job programs…"

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