CT Lottery, ex-vice president reach $450,000 settlement

The Connecticut Lottery Corp. reached a $450,000 settlement with its former vice president who testified about contacting the FBI about possible wrongdoing by a board member.

In a joint statement attached to the settlement, the Connecticut Lottery Corp. said Chelsea Turner “was acting in good faith in her efforts to safeguard CLC (Connecticut Lottery Corporation) from what she believed were unethical practices.”

“CLC and Ms. Turner both agree that she acted properly in approaching the FBI so that her concerns could be vetted by an agency appropriate to address them,” the statement said.

The quasi-public agency placed Turner on administrative leave in July 2019 after she testified at a public hearing. In the testimony, she said her and a prior Connecticut Lottery president and CEO, Anne Noble, reached out to the FBI in 2014 when they suspected wrongdoing by past chairman Frank Farricker, a Greenwich resident.

The Hartford Courant reported that investigators had Noble hide a recording device in an eyeglasses case during at least one meeting with Farricker.

“No action was taken against the Board member as a result of their report,” according to the joint statement from Turner and the

Connecticut Lottery Corp.

Turner filed a lawsuit with the Connecticut Lottery in February 2020 claiming she was improperly placed on administrative leave and that the Connecticut Lottery “defamed her based on statements contained in the administrative leave letter,” according to the settlement.

The two parties reached the settlement on June 30, which was obtained by Hearst Connecticut Media through a Freedom of Information Act request. The settlement states that the Connecticut Lottery Corp. will pay $450,000 to Turner and her lawyers.

The court dismissed the case Friday, according to federal court records.